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Vehicle Fire and Crash Incidents

Tanker carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline on I-95 in Norwalk was involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer and a car
Proponents claim autonomous trucks are safe and cannot be affected by driver distraction, fatigue and impairment
Monitor Township Firefighter Jeff Sargeson was calling for additional resources when he saw the pickup truck heading towards him
Casey Klein was discovered by a train operator who called 911 to report an ATV that had crashed into a ditch
Volunteer firefighter Stanley Henson was on his way to his job as a truck driver when high winds caused a tree to fall on his personal vehicle
The Humphreys County Sheriff’s Office searched two residences in an attempt to figure out what happened to missing firefighter Jesse Reed
Paul Durgin was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a vehicle accident with personal injury, reckless operation and assault with a dangerous weapon
LaVale Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Chris Pryor died after returning home from a crash scene
Authorities said the cause of the fire remains under investigation
Middletown Mayor Dan Drew said the driver had multiple gas containers in the vehicle, which burst into flames after crashing into Middlesex Hospital
Firefighter Meredith Garee was on a fire truck ladder when a driver ran into the rig, causing injury to Garee’s arm
Jeremy Pinkley, 29, was pronounced dead at the scene of the two-vehicle crash
The firefighter was attempting to treat an injury on the man’s neck when he allegedly punched him in the face without provocation
Wyatt Taylor is “getting back to normal life” after being critically injured in an ATV crash and spending seven weeks in the hospital
Emory Leroy Rickerson was arrested Oct. 10 after he refused to remove his car so Georgia State Patrol troopers could access the crash scene
Chris Quinlan was on his way to work when he witnessed a truck hit a road barrier before being hit by two semis, causing it to catch fire
Six months earlier, Medical City Plano formed the “pre-hospital amputation team” after Collin County firefighters expressed a need
Rick Rickerson leapt into action and pulled Rebecca Buchanan from her crushed vehicle, and was arrested when he refused to leave her side
Tony Castone was unconscious in the hospital for almost a month after an alleged drunk driver swerved and struck him
Police said the ambulance was returning to the Wise Avenue Volunteer Company with its emergency lights on when the car crashed into the rear driver’s side
The NTSB said on Twitter that investigators will focus on driver and vehicle factors
Las Vegas firefighters said a woman set the firefighter’s classic 1972 Bronco truck ablaze for unknown reasons
After the firefighters extricated Kali Merickle from the car, they stepped in and finished moving the family into their new home
Chief Russell Achord was responding to a crash when the driver of a Dodge Ram, pulling a trailer, lost control and crashed into the wreck, striking the chief
State Fire Marshal Butch Browning said the unnamed firefighter was pronounced dead after being transported to the hospital
Authorities said the driver, who admitted to using narcotics, struck a raised median, launching the car into the air before crashing into the building
Fire officials said the ambulance was driving down the highway when a fire started in the engine compartment
Brandon Butler said he was on his way to work when he fell asleep at the wheel, crashing into the Buffalo Fire Department
The firefighters were responding to a crash when a responding rig came onto the bridge and spun out
Three cars crashed into the station in the most recent incident, damaging two bay doors
Police say no one was injured in the crash that involved two other vehicles on a New York road
Comstock Township Fire Chief Edward Switalski died after being struck as he responded to another crash
Deputy Chief Fire Marshal Sander Cohen and Special Agent Carlos Wolff were both hit by a vehicle when Cohen stopped to help Wolff on the side of the highway