Big Rig Flattens Police Car Parked On Highway Shoulder Before Hitting Firetruck | Carscoops carscoops
Officials in Catoosa, Oklahoma are breathing a sigh of relief after a semi-truck crushed a parked patrol car and hit a firetruck as all of the associated public safety officers escaped without injury despite the carnage.Catoosa is just east of Tulsa on highway 412. The officer and firefighters were responding to a rollover crash where that highway intersects with the Creek Turnpike when thehappened.
According to Benight, no cause has yet been determined. “In my opinion many things led to this particular incident which also included the high winds which led us to be there in the first place,” he said in a post on Facebook. He nor any other official department has yet to comment on if tiredness, distraction, or some other factor could’ve played a role in the crash.
The local fire department confirmed that all of its people were okay after the incident. It also said that surrounding fire companies from Rolling Hills provided aid to keep the station running while they recovered from the accident. There’s no word on the condition of the truck driver at this time. The instruction to move over and slow down is a consistent admonition from public safety officers. In fact, in most states, it’s a law that drivers should always move over and slow down when approaching parked emergency vehicles on the roadside.
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