CHARLOTTE, N.C. --
Firefighters in east Charlotte were responding to a call Tuesday afternoon when they ended up becoming the ones in danger.
A black truck was backing out of a parking space and lost control in a driveway on Bridge Port Drive off of Milton Road. It hit a fence and then an air conditioning unit.
Firefighters were responding to the scene when they ran into some power lines. The power lines fell on the truck, trapping the rescuers inside.
Because the power lines were live, the firefighters could have been electrocuted if they tried to get out of the truck.
A Duke Energy crew had to rush to the scene to turn the power off. Once the lines were dead, all of the firefighters exited the truck without being injured.
Copyright 2007 by . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
