At about 2:28 a.m., Contra Costa Fire units responded to a vehicle collision on hwy.4 in Concord. While at the collision, a fire truck and ambulance were struck by an oncoming vehicle.
No injuries were reported to firefighters or medics.
The fire engine was placed out of service and the ambulance had to be towed from the scene.
You know the majority of stupid drivers out there is unbelievable.
sometimes the news is just too unbelievable! I hope they tested this person for drugs!
.. another drunk or drugged out wacko? .. unbelievable… glad no injuries though
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Gotta be stupid, drunk, or both to crash into emergency response vehicles on the highway.
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Their insurance company better pay for ALL of the damage. Fire engines and ambulances are very expensive.
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You mean their “former” insurance company?
Just guessing but most likely on the phone. I see it every day.
Not the first time this has happened.
I suggest the use of some kind of sacrificial, traffic-blocking vehicle for emergency responses on high-speed roads. The vehicle would be about the size of a fire engine, but would have a plastic body filled with sand or similar. This would be like a big, cheap, mobile crash barrier. It would be painted like a fire engine, would be operated by the fire district, and would have lights and sirens. When a freeway emergency occurs, instead of protecting the scene with an expensive fire engine, the barrier vehicle would be parked to absorb any impact caused by inattentive drivers.
@ANCIENT MARINER….Sounds like idea but you’d have to get the old calculator out and see if having a “blocking” vehicle and associated costs justify how many times the scenario happens of a vehicle hitting a real firetruck and what that cost. First responders know the safe area to be standing or working. Just my 2¢.
So Fire Departments have been doing this for decades … and now we have two incidents. Before we jump down the pathway of finding the funding for new apparatus, storage for said apparatus, operators for the apparatus, training on how to use the new apparatus, we should probably better understand how these accidents occurred.
The first was a Tesla. I have zero evidence, but I suspect it was an auto pilot and the stupid driver paid the price. We do not know enough about the second accident, but we know the following: 0230 incident time, multiple vehicles on the road with flashing red lights (may have even been some blue/yellow from CHP as they respond to highway incidents) … and yet the driver still missed those ‘signs’. Would a specialized barrier truck have helped? Probably not … as they were probably distracted by auto pilot, sleeping, drugs, alcohol or something else …
A Firetruck is known as an Apparatus. A Police Car is a Unit. People that crash into them therefore are obviously ****heads.
Same thing just happened Two weeks ago, did everyone already forget?
This is the second time in a week that a person late at night has hit a fire truck that 1 was tending to a previous accident.
At 2:28 in the morning, someone took out a fire truck. They may, or may not have been under the influence, but hey, they’re somebody’s friend.
If this saves just one person, it’s worth my time posting.
When you are in an accident, DO NOT, repeat – DO NOT stand between the vehicles exchanging information. If a vehicle is not paying attention, and rear ends the vehicle, you will be crushed. If your vehicles are drivable, pull to the side of the road, in a SAFE area.
Another Tesla on auto pilot crashing into emergency vehicles.