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Crash in Ohio
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Posted 2 months ago
A man and a child were killed early this morning and 4 Firefighters were injured when their vehicles collided in Massillon (Ohio) ...in a crash that stretched nearly a block. Onlookers identified the man as the grandfather of the baby. Both were riding in a Dodge Caravan that was struck in the side by a responding Massillon FD aerial truck company, which had sheared a utility pole in half. A Mr. Danny Clark witnessed the impact. He told local media that the driver of the fire truck was "barreling" down the street, which was marked by stop signs and a four-way, blinking traffic light. "That truck was pushing the car down the street," Clark said. "The big old sucker got to be going 50-60 miles per hour ..."
Fire Chief Tom Burgasser said the truck was headed to a fully-involved vehicle fire...it never made it. Clark said he ran out into the street looking for the vehicle that was hit and saw the child lying alongside the street. Eyewitnesses said the child was thrown from the vehicle when it struck the pole. The fire truck had pushed the van nearly an entire block. The bottom half of the pole, lay where the wreck ended. The entire driver's side of the minivan was shoved into the passenger's side. The man and child were pronounced dead at the scene. Additional details to follow. Take Care-BE CAREFUL. SLOW DOWN-RESPECT INTERSECTIONS-STOP WHERE INDICATED.
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Jeff Draper
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