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Missouri Fire Chief Seriously Hurt in Tanker Rollover

March 26, 2013

Potosi's fire chief was partially ejected from the tanker truck he was driving when it overturned as he was responding to a mutual aid fire call Monday.

Source St. Louis Post-Dispatch

March 26--WASHINGTON COUNTY -- The Potosi Fire Department chief was seriously hurt Monday when the tanker truck he was driving on the way to a fire overturned and he was partially ejected.

Richard A. Knight, 51, of Cadet, was driving the tanker to a mutual aid call on northbound Highway 47 at Toby Meadows Lane in Washington County at about 4:15 p.m. and went off the right side of the road, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Knight overcorrected, and the truck went off the left side of the road and overturned. It was unknown whether he was wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.

An ambulance took him to St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis County.