Fire Truck Involved in Crash in Bel Aire

Kansas Truck Accident

Firefighters respond to calls all the time. On Saturday afternoon, they responded to a call involving two of their own.

Authorities say a Sedgwick County fire truck collided with a car at the intersection of Perryton and Woodlawn in Bel Aire.

Officers say the truck, with its lights and siren on, tried to pass the car just as the car was turning left. The fire truck flipped with both vehicles ending up in a ditch.

"I heard a fire truck going by and looked out the window. About that time I heard "crash," says Anita Ravens, who lives near where the accident happened.

Both firefighters had to be cut from their seatbelts, and because their truck landed upside down, were taken to the hospital with potentially serious injuries.

"Your heart jumps a few beats when you hear emergency or mayday traffic like that and realize that the first unit checks out and says 'we've got a squad on a it's roof sure.' It's somewhat stressful to realize you may have some critical injuries or something to your folks," explains Division Chief Stewart Segraves, Sedgwick County Fire Department.

Four of the five people in the other car were also taken by ambulance, three of them children. But officers say no one was seriously hurt.

They add this only reiterates the need for people to stay out of the way when emergency vehicles need to get through. A lesson now learned for even those not involved.

Ravens adds, "This is what can happen...listen for those trucks."

From KWCH

Man Dies In Water Tanker Accident

Kentucky Truck Accident

One man is dead after an accident in Harlan County.

Police say 25 year old Michael Hensley lost control of a water tanker at the intersection of Daws Branch Road and Highway 421 in Bledsoe.

This is all that's left of a truck that crashed along Highway 421 in Bledsoe Monday afternoon.

The driver died and now the trucking company he worked for is in some trouble.

“This vehicle was only supposed to be up on the mine property. It's not supposed to be down this far. The company owners have been cited,” says Walter Szczepan of Kentucky State Police.

Troopers say Michael Hensley lost control of the water tanker coming down Daws Branch from a mine job - without registration, insurance or a valid license.

Police say it's possible slick conditions played a role in the crash.

“It had rained all the way from Cumberland to here as I tried to respond to this,” says Szczepan.

The truck went off the road and landed upside down in the creek bed. The force of the crash separated the tanker from the truck. Hensley died instantly.

“Coming off the mountain with the weight of the truck, it’s raining. It's just a lot of weight to stop at the last minute,” says Szczepan.

The crash shut down the highway for several hours and left many in the community asking why.

Officials with Saylor Trucking Incorporated declined to comment on the crash.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration is also investigating.

Reported by WKYT

Fatal Accident on I-70

Missouri Truck Accident

COLUMBIA - The Boone County Fire Department received reports of an accident involving a semi-truck and a car on eastbound I-70 late Friday night.

According to a release, firefighters found a vehicle in the roadway in flames and a tractor trailer in the median with front end damage. Firefighters extinguished the flames, but they found one body inside of the vehicle. The driver of the semi-truck was uninjured.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is currently investigating the cause of the accident. Officers believe the vehicle was traveling the wrong direction and collided head on with the semi-truck. The name of the victim has not been released.

Eastbound I-70 closed for over an hour and a half while firefighters cleared debris off of the road.

Story from KOMU.com on August 16, 2008

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