CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A fire truck carrying four Clendenin firefighters crashed on its way to a fire in Frame on Thursday night, but none were seriously injured, officials said.
Four people were inside the Clendenin Fire Department engine when it rolled over shortly before 9 p.m., emergency dispatchers said. The truck was on its way to a fire at an abandoned structure on Big Fork Road in Frame.
The road was apparently weakened by heavy rains, said Kanawha County emergency services director Dale Petry.
"They were actually stopped, and the road gave way," Petry said. "When the water [the truck was carrying] shifted, it sort of carried them over the hill."
All four firefighters were taken to CAMC General Hospital, but none of their injuries appear serious, Petry said.
Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper said the fire engine was heavily damaged. The county has sent its spare pumper truck to the Clendenin department.
"We're very fortunate, thank God, that none of them were very seriously injured or killed," Carper said. "This could have been a tragedy. It was a bad accident."
Republished with permission of The Charleston Gazette.
