apparatus & health & safety firegeezer on 06 May 2008 05:14 pm
Tulsa Engine Rolls, 3 FF’s Injured
TULSA, OKLAHOMA, ENGINE 4 ROLLED Tuesday just before noon while responding to a call. Three firefighters on board were injured, one seriously, and transported to the hospital.
Tulsa World photo
The Tulsa World reports:
The fire truck was traveling south on Gilcrease Museum Road while on a call to a vehicle crash when it went out of control, hit a guard rail, struck a power pole and then hit a pickup parked in front of a nearby house.
The firefighters crawled out of the windows of the fire truck, said fire Capt. Larry Bowles. Two of them were taken in serious condition to St. John Medical Center, EMSA spokesman Chris Stevens said. The third firefighter was taken non-emergency to Hillcrest Medical Center.
Police are investigating the accident, which was the first rollover involving a Tulsa fire truck in about three years.
Power lines were down in the area because of the accident. Police had several blocks surrounding the wreck blocked to traffic.
“All three firefighters were seated and had their seat belts on,” Fire Capt. Larry Bowles said. “This could have turned out much worse had that not been the case.” From the looks of the photo and the video below, it appears that the engine did a full rollover and was demolished.
KTUL-TV photo
Witnesses told a Ch. 2 reporter that a car pulled out of a side street and the engine driver swerved to avoid the car and lost control. The crashing truck took out a power pole leaving the area without electricity.
KOKI Ch. 25 has the following video report:
