Fire Rescue Truck and Landscaping Vehicle Crash Leads to Multiple Injuries, Road Closure

In a tragic turn of events, yesterday a Pompano Beach Fire Rescue fire truck collided with a landscaping vehicle, resulting in first responders needing urgent care. The collision, which happened at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Northwest 31st Avenue in Pompano Beach, caused serious vehicle damage and several injuries.Three paramedics, the patient they were transporting, and one of the white truck’s occupants were hospitalized as a result of the incident, according to NBC Miami.

According to Local 10, the three firefighters and a patient from the fire truck were transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the collision occurred during rush hour, which forced the intersection to be closed for several hours while emergency personnel responded to the scene and a crane and flatbeds arrived to remove the debris of the heavy-duty vehicles.

Authorities have not disclosed any additional information about the incident’s cause or the health of those who were hurt. According to NBC Miami, the highways were closed to allow for the investigation into the crash.

Although there are still little details regarding how the collision happened, one of the passengers in the lawn care vehicle was unhurt. According to information from Local 10, the condition of at least two individuals from the lawn care vehicle—one of whom has serious, potentially fatal injuries—remains a serious worry as of the time of this report. They were taken immediately to the hospital.

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