Fire Truck Totaled in WV Crash

Jan. 1, 2019
No firefighters were hurt when an engine headed to a house fire collided with a guardrail in Alum Creek.

A fire apparatus was totaled after it rolled over on its way to a house fire in Alum Creek. The three firefighters in the rig were not hurt.

According to television station WSAZ, the truck was heading to a fire in an abandoned trailer on Little Coal River Road at about 1:30 a.m. when it went too close to the edge of the road and turned over onto a guardrail.

The Davis Creek volunteers were headed to help the Alum Creek volunteers when the truck ran against the guardrail. About two hours later, the guardrail collapsed and the truck flipped over a small embankment, according to the TV station.

The truck is thought to be a total loss.

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