Two NC Firefighters Injured after Apparatus Overturns

Nov. 25, 2019
The Ferrells volunteer firefighters were taken to the hospital after the apparatus they were in hit a ditch and overturned while responding to a call.

Two North Carolina volunteer firefighters were injured when their apparatus overturned after hitting a ditch Sunday.

The accident happened along Highway 97 in Nash County just after 10:15 a.m. as Ferrells firefighters were heading to a call about an electrical investigation, WNCN-TV reports. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, the apparatus driver over-corrected after running off the road and then hit a ditch, which overturned the vehicle.

Nash County EMS responded to the crash, and the injured firefighters were taken to the hospital. They were later released, and the crash is under investigation.

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