Kentucky Fire Truck Overturns on Way to Crash

July 9, 2007
A fire truck overturned Monday morning on its way to a motorcycle crash in Boone County.

BELLEVIEW, Ky. --

A fire truck overturned Monday morning on its way to a motorcycle crash in Boone County.

Police said the driver, Janet Hermes, 45, lost control of the truck on McVille Road and it rolled over on its side.

She and another firefighter, Antasia Crabtree, 21, both of Burlington, were transported to Saint Luke Hospital West with minor injuries.

The motorcycle crash, on Rabbit Hash Hill Road, injured a pair of 14-year-old boys when the motorcycle they were riding collided with a car.

Both boys, Zack Gross and James Taylor, both of Burlington, were also transported to Saint Luke Hospital West with leg injuries.

Neither boy was wearing a helmet, police said.

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