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CHARLOTTE (NORTH CAROLINA) ENGINE 12 COLLIDED with a private automobile at 10:45 this morning.

Charlotte Observer / Todd Sumlin photo

The engine was responding to vehicle accident on I-77 when it collided with an SUV at an intersection.  The Charlotte Observer is reporting that the engine was traveling northbound on the city street and appeared to have crossed over into the southbound lanes as it approached the intersection where it met the SUV head-on.  This account has not been verified.  A television report by WSOC shows that the engine was on the southbound lanes with a landscaped median separating the traffic lanes.

The TV report says that the SUV driver was on the cross street and made a right turn into the path of the fire engine.  If you watch the video you will see that the collision point was a good 50 ft. or more short of the intersection.  We’ll have to wait for the police report before we’ll know what all the circumstances were.

Watch WSOC video report HERE.

The driver of the SUV was transported to the hospital with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.  The four firefighters were checked at the hospital and all were released.

Read the Charlotte Observer STORY.

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