A Northern Kentucky firefighter was seriously hurt in an on-duty crash and flown to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center via AirCare, according to officials at the scene, wcpo.com reported.
The tanker truck appeared to have rolled off a small bridge and into a creek near KY-177 and KY-3185, the report said.
Kentucky State Police said the firefighter was responding to a call when he was unable to navigate a left turn onto westbound KY-177, the report said.
KSP said the firefighter contacted dispatch and told them he was in bad shape after the crash, according to the report. No one else was in the fire apparatus with him when the crash happened. The firefighter was trapped inside for a significant period of time, according to the KSP, the report said.
Officials at the scene said it appeared the brakes on the fire truck went out at some point while the driver was on a hill, according to the report.
The firefighter who was injured is a volunteer firefighter with the Northern Pendleton Fire District, KSP said, according to the report.
Officials have not provided any information on the firefighter’s condition, the report said.
#BREAKING: Northern Kentucky firefighter seriously hurt in on-duty crash, airlifted to hospital. The 29-year-old first responder called his own accident into dispatch, saying he ‘was hurt bad,’ an EMA official tells me @FOX19 pic.twitter.com/czROa3z99E
— Jennifer Edwards Baker (@jbakerohio) October 24, 2024
