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Close Call: Chenoa Fire Engine Flips Over on Way to Call. One Firefighter Injured

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Chenoa Fire Protection District, Illinois

Firefighter Don Nagel was injured on the way to a fire caused by a natural gas line break.

Pantagraph.com:

…Chenoa firefighter Don Nagel, 47, was taken to OSF Saint James Hospital in Pontiac, after a Chenoa fire engine crashed on the way to the scene around 4:55 a.m., Illinois State Police said.

The engine was negotiating a “left sharp curve in a wet two-laned roadway” when its 1,000 gallons of water shifted abruptly, police said in a statement. The engine overturned on its left side and ended up in a ditch.

Nagel was treated and released, the hospital said later Monday.

Tiller Ladder Truck Overturns in Raleigh NC

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This morning around 10:50am, a tiller ladder truck overturned in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Three of the four firefighters on the rig were injured, two being in serious condition.

Photo from the Daily News Record

Photo from the WRAL.com

The wreck happened at about 10:50 a.m. at the intersection of Dawson and West South streets. Dawson Street was closed at Lenoir Street for more than an hour following the wreck. Read the entire report at WRAL.com.

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STATter 911 Covered it as well

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