Houston Firetrucks Crash, Injuring 11
Image courtesy of Mayra Beltran, Houston Chronicle.
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The two fire trucks that crashed in Montrose on Monday morning, injuring 11 people, were en route to what firefighters thought was a blaze, but turned out to be a city of Houston Public Works crew smoke-testing sewer lines.
A Houston Fire Department pumper truck traveling northbound on Dunlavy Street broadsided a ladder truck traveling west on Westheimer Road with enough force to lift the ladder truck off the ground.
The ladder truck rolled, hit a woman on a bicycle, snapped a utility pole and landed on top of a car.
The trucks were rushing to a fire that turned out to be a false alarm. A preliminary investigation indicates that the ladder truck may have ran a red light.
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