The Raleigh Fire Department has released a surveillance video from a bus that shows a tillered ladder truck flipping over on the way to a July 10 call, according to WTVD-TV.
Chief John McGrath told the station he blames the crash on human error and speed and that the truck's driver was going 25-30 mph when he decided to turn the rig at the last minute.
"He was clearly going too fast to make the turn," he told the station.
None of the four firefighters on board was seriously injured.
The chief wouldn't say whether any firefighters faced disciplinary action for the accident. He did say that the $750,000 truck is too badly damaged to repair and that the city will see how much money comes from insurance before deciding if it can be replaced, according to the report.
The department plans to use the incident in firefighter training.
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