April 06--BOYNTON BEACH -- Three firefighters from Boynton Beach Fire Rescue were taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries after their truck was involved in a crash Saturday afternoon on Interstate 95, a Florida Highway Patrol spokesman said.
The firefighters were responding to a separate two-crash that occurred shortly before 6 p.m. on I-95, just north of the Boynton Beach Boulevard exit.
The injured firefighters were taken to Bethesda Hospital East.
Their truck was moving across lanes and trying to slow down when their fire truck was struck by a semi-tractor trailer, said Sgt. Mark Wysocky, FHP spokesman.
The driver of the semi-tractor trailer was not paying attention to the other traffic, Wysocky said. The crash is still under investigation, but it is likely that that driver will receive a traffic citation, he said.
The were no serious injuries in the initial crash, or to the driver of the semi-tractor trailer.
The crash temporarily shut down all southbound lanes, but all lanes have been reopened since about 7 p.m.
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