Eight firefighters injured, including three in critical condition when two fire trucks responding to fire collided with each other at Straight Street and Broadway in Paterson, New Jersey
8 firefighters hurt, 3 critically after two fire trucks collide while heading to New Jersey fire(link is external)
The fire trucks were heading to a fire at an electronics store in Paterson and crashed at the intersection of Broadway and Straight St. on Saturday.
Eight firefighters injured, one remains hospitalized after fire trucks collide in New Jersey(link is external)
One firefighter remains in the hospital, a fire official told ABC News.
“Paterson’s Bravest are amazing individuals. Praying for their speedy recovery,” Jerry Speziale, Paterson’s public safety director of police and fire, tweeted.
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