ORLANDO, Fla. --
An Orange County firefighter and four pedestrians were injured Sunday morning after a car veered into the scene of an earlier crash.
Public information officer Genevieve Latham said that about 8:18 a.m., firefighters from Station 37 were dispatched to a crash in the area involving a motorcycle and another vehicle.
"Fire crews arrived on the scene at 8:23 a.m., placing their fire engine in the fend-off position to shield personnel," Latham said. "This adds a margin of safety by blocking at least one lane of traffic and statically places fire units to ensure the safety of civilians and firefighters on crash scenes."
At about 8:23 a.m., paramedics were preparing to transport a patient from the motorcycle crash when a car veered into the area and struck four citizens and an Orange County firefighter.
Two patients were brought to Health Central Hospital. Four trauma patients, including Engineer Paramedic Chad Lowrey, of Orange County Fire Rescue, were transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center.
On May 1, 2002, then-Gov. George Bush signed the Move Over Law, which requires drivers to move over and away from stopped emergency vehicles wherever possible and slow down to 20 mph below the speed limit, or to 5 mph when the speed limit is 20 mph or less.
Orange County Fire Chief Carl Plaugher urged citizens to be familiar with safety legislation to avoid similar incidents in the future.
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