MARCH 5, 2015
MUNSON TOWNSHIP, OHIO
A Munson Township firetruck was involved in an accident on
its way to a house fire, said Lt. John Hiscox with the Geauga County Sheriff’s
Office.
It happened on Wilson Mills Road in Munson Township Thursday
afternoon.
Two vehicles were going eastbound, when the first car (a
minivan) spotted the fire truck and slowed to pull over. The second car did not slow down, according to
the sheriff’s office. It hit the back of
the minivan and veered left of center, striking the fire truck head on.
The fire truck driver and the driver of the second vehicle
were taken to Hillcrest Hospital in critical condition. Two other firefighters were taken to
University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center.
Failure to yield and/or slow down for ems vehicles to go to
their emergency destination is a very common cause of accidents. This accident is a rather typical scenario where
one driver will fail to slow down due to inattention or plain old reckless
behavior.
The high risk of ems responders is shown by the record
number of injuries this winter due to the severity of the weather and number of
emergencies/accidents that they had to attend to.
Source: www.fox9news.com