Civilian Cited in Firetruck Crash That Injured Five

BOSTON, MA — A driver involved in a damaging fire truck crash has received a citation from police, according to reports in the aftermath of the collision that sent four firefighters to the hospital.

According to Boston Police, who investigated the crash, the driver was cited for failing to stop for an emergency vehicle.

The accident happened as Engine 7 was responding to a Boylston Street fire just before 11:30 a.m. The engine was traveling west on Comm Ave. with lights and sirens on when it crashed into a car at the intersection of Comm and Dartmouth Street.

Five people—including four firefighters—were hospitalized after a fire truck was involved in a multiple-vehicle crash in Back Bay, the Boston Fire Department said Monday afternoon. The engine veered into a parked car, causing a chain reaction that damaged several other parked cars.

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The driver, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the incident, was interviewed in the aftermath. According to police, he stated he was stopped at a red light at the intersection, when he heard the firetruck's siren, but did not see any emergency vehicles.

Police report the driver "thought they were behind him so he pulled into (the) intersection to make way, when he was struck by BFD fire engine." Meanwhile, the firetruck's driver told police he saw the car enter the intersection slowly, and attempted to avoid it, but the vehicle "did not stop and drove into his path."

"All witnesses interviewed stated approx(imately) the same version of accident," according to the police report.

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