apparatus & safety firegeezer on 09 May 2008 10:41 am
Tulsa Engine 4 Rollover Update
THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE TULSA, OKLAHOMA, fire engine rollover Tuesday (Firegeezer report HERE) concludes that speed was a factor leading up to the accident but a dip in the road is what caused the truck to go out of control.
Tulsa World
The driver told police that he hit a dip in the road which caused him to lose control and then it started to roll. The front tires lifted off the ground, and the truck went sideways before overturning and striking the poles and the pickup, he said.
A witness said that it went into the northbound lane before going back across the road and hitting the guardrail on the west side of the road. After it hit the guardrail it then struck two utility poles, a stop sign and a pickup that was parked in a driveway.
The Tulsa World has the STORY.
Channel 23 has a brief video report:
