WEST BARNSTABLE, Mass. – An early morning car accident became a close call for Massachusetts firefighters when a pole fell on their ladder truck.
The Cape Cod Times reports that West Barnstable firefighters responded to a vehicle rollover at 12:15 a.m. and found a car that had rolled over and came to rest against a tree and a utility pole with a person pinned underneath the car.
As firefighters began to work with extrication tools, the utility pole collapsed and a live wire fell on the ladder truck causing a fire.
The person pinned was eventually take by MedFlight to Massachusetts General Hospital suffering from life threatening injuries.
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