5 Chicago Firefighters Injured in Crash

Firehouse.com Editor's Note: As seen in the included video; a Chicago ladder truck, not engine, was involved in the crash.

Five firefighters and two others were hurt when a fire engine collided with another vehicle in the South Shore neighborhood this afternoon, a Fire Department spokesman said.

The incident occurred at about 5 p.m. at the intersection of 67th Street and Jeffery Avenue, according to Chicago Fire Department Chief Joe Roccasalva. The firefighters were responding to an automatic alarm in the 8000 block of South Brandon Avenue when the crash happened, he said.

Two firefighters were taken to Trinity Hospital, another two to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and one to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Roccasalva said. One of them was in serious-to-critical condition, while the remaining four were taken in fair-to-serious condition.

Two people from the other vehicle were taken to Northwestern in critical condition, he said.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service