Chicago Fire Department trucks involved in three accidents in three days
From Thursday to Saturday of last week, Chicago Fire Department trucks have been involved in three accidents. It appears that local drivers are not pulling over when they see a fire truck and hear the sirens.
On Saturday morning around 10 a.m., a woman ran into a firetruck. She heard the truck, but did not know what direction it was coming in. She was the only one who did not stop in the intersection.
On Friday, a drunk driver, was involved in an accident with another fire truck at the intersection of Cermak Rd and Hoyne Ave around 8:15 p.m. when the fire truck was responding to a fire. The driver of the vehicle was taken to an area hospital.
On Thursday, a woman driving a car did not yield to a fire truck causing the fire truck to crash into a building located at Division and Wells after hitting the car.
According to the US Fire Association, there re almost 16,000 collisions every year. These collisions involve fire department emergency vehicles either responding to or returning from a call.
Ilinois' Rule of the Road, require driver's to yield to emergency response vehicles and to pull over to the right side of road.
