On October 5, 1999, a Captain (the victim), the driver, and fire fighter from Engine 33 responded to a medical call that had been dispatched as a patient with shortness of breath. Traveling north, Engine 33 approached a four-way intersection that was crossed on the north side by an overpass supported by concrete columns and controlled by electronic traffic lights. The traffic signal was red for the engine's direction of travel, so the driver initially reduced the engine's speed, and then checking that traffic had cleared, increased the engine's speed and began traveling through the intersection. At the same time, a civilian operating an automobile traveled through the intersection into the engine's path. The driver of the engine was unable to avoid the automobile, and the two vehicles collided.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: A Captain Dies and Two Fire Fighters Are Injured in a Motor-Vehicle Crash in Texas, October 5, 1999
2000
8 pages
Report
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English