IFD firetruck crashes while responding to fatal east side accident; 4 firefighters injured
This story has been updated to include further information on the crash, including the four firefighters injured while responding to the fatal accident.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — At least one person died and four firefighters were hurt in two separate crashes at the same east side intersection late Saturday morning.
Online police reports show Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers and Indianapolis Fire Department crews were dispatched to the intersection of East 30th Street and Massachusetts Avenue around 11:20 a.m. on a report of an accident with injuries.
The call type for the accident was soon changed to an “accident fatal.”
News 8 later learned from officials on the scene that there were two separate crashes at the same intersection: A fatal accident involving a semitruck and another vehicle, and another crash involving a rolled-over IFD firetruck.
An IFD spokesperson told News 8 that the firetruck was en route to the fatal crash when it came across another semi hauling a wide load and blocking the street.
The firetruck couldn’t get around the wide load the entire way and rolled over when trying to pass it.
Four IFD firefighters were injured in the crash. Medics took the firefighters to nearby hospitals for treatment. IFD didn’t provide updates on their conditions.
It was unclear if anyone else was injured in the semitruck accident. Officials haven’t identified the person who died.
IMPD says a fatal crash investigation team would be on scene for some time. They didn’t say how traffic would be impacted.