Shelby Twp. Fire Truck in Accident

swodtke1 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-22-2008, 12:20 PM

Shelby Twp. fire truck involved in accident on Schoenherr S. of 23 Mile Rd. Time approximately 12:00PM. PD is calling for Evidence Tech for photos. FD Chief asked to come to the scene.

MPSCS · #2 (**permalink**) 10-22-2008, 07:25 PM

That's a very busy, fast intersection! Was anyone hurt?

swodtke1 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008, 04:30 PM

Firefighter, driver injured in crash
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A township firefighter and a 65-year-old Shelby Township woman were injured in a crash Oct. 22 after the woman tried to squeak by on the right-hand side of a fire truck headed to an emergency.

Police Chief Robert Leman said the truck was headed southbound on Schoenherr Road on its way to a car fire when it tried to turn right to head westbound on 23 Mile Road.

“Because of the size of the fire truck, they have to make a wide, sweeping turn,” Leman said. “She went into the curb lane and tried to go around them,” and actually ran into the side of the truck.

The woman and a firefighter complaining of shoulder pain were taken to Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township. Neither had life-threatening injuries.

Leman said the accident is still under investigation, but the woman will likely face charges of failing to yield to an emergency vehicle.