Date Published: 2022/09/12
PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — 8 firefighters were injured, three critically, Saturday evening in a crash involving two fire engines near a Paterson supermarket, reports FOX5 New York.
The accident happened at the intersection of Broadway and Straight Street at about 5:30 p.m.
According to officials, both fire trucks were responding to a call at 141 Main Street when, for reasons still unknown, the vehicles collided. The impact sent one truck into a tree and caused the other to strike the exterior of Golden Mango Supermarkets.
All eight patients were rushed to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where their conditions remain undisclosed.
No other information has been provided as of this writing.
Written by: Brach Eichler Injury Lawyers