Dallas Fire-Rescue Truck Answering a Downtown Fire Call Crashes at Griffin and Ervay; Driver Hospitalized in Stable Condition
The truck was responding to a fire shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday when it collided with a passenger vehicle at Griffin Street and South Ervay Street, Dallas Fire-Rescue said. The other driver, a woman, was taken to a local hospital in stable condition. None of the firefighters were injured, and Dallas Police are investigating.
DALLAS - A Dallas Fire-Rescue truck answering a fire call in downtown Dallas was involved in a crash with a passenger vehicle on Thursday morning, and the other driver was hospitalized, fire officials said.
The truck was responding to a fire shortly before 9 a.m. when the crash happened at the intersection of Griffin Street and South Ervay Street, Dallas Fire-Rescue said in the account carried by FirefighterCloseCalls. The driver of the other vehicle, a woman, was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, according to DFR.
None of the firefighters on the truck were injured, officials said. The Dallas Police Department is investigating the crash; officials have not assigned a cause, and this story does not either.
Griffin and Ervay is a core downtown crossing, a few blocks from the department's downtown stations' daily runs. The Local Desk will update this file when the police investigation or the department states more about how the collision happened.
