FEBRUARY 17, 2015
LOWER WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA
A fire truck responding to a call in York County Tuesday
morning was involved in a crash, and slippery road conditions may be to blame,
in addition to driver error, going too fast for road conditions, or plain negligence
and/or recklessness.
Officials said the tanker from Craley Community Fire Company
was responding to a house fire in Hellam Township when it was struck by a
pick-up truck in the 1200 block of Nursery Road in Lower Windsor Township
around 9:30 a.m.
Police said the pick-up driver, who is a volunteer
firefighter for another department, lost control and slid into the tanker.
She was taken to York Hospital with serious injuries, police
said.
No one in the fire truck was injured. Officials said the
pick-up truck driver may be get citations due to the crash.