Firefighters Jeffrey Sanders, 55, killed and Jacob Hayward, 33, injured when vehicle strikes parked fire truck on Highway E in Mayview, Missouri
One Mayview firefighter killed, another injured in crash
Both Sanders and Hayward were responding to a fire. Their fire truck was pulled off to the side of the road as well as another vehicle.
A third driver ran into the parked vehicles, pushing them down an embankment and trapping Hayward and Sanders.
1 firefighter killed, another hurt in western Missouri crash
A second firefighter, 33-year-old Jacob Hayward, was flown to a Kansas City hospital with serious injuries. The driver who caused the crash wasn’t hurt.
1 firefighter killed, another hurt in western Missouri crash
Patrol Cpl. Kim Davis says the firefighters had been outside their vehicles working a fire call when the crash happened. The Mayview Fire Protection District didn't immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press.
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