Video – Ladder truck fails during certification in Clymer, PA – one person injured
This is from Clymer, Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
A man doing a fire truck certification test was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital Monday afternoon after he was struck by a ladder at the Clymer Fire Department, the fire chief said.
Chief Mike Aikens said a rigger that supports the truck broke about 2:35 p.m., causing the ladder to fall on the man.
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#BREAKING: Chopper 11 LIVE over Clymer VFD where an aerial ladder has fallen over. Medical helicopter called. #WPXI pic.twitter.com/c0cDr2YGH0
— John Klocko (@johnklocko) November 2, 2015
Here’s a few pictures sent to me of that accident involving Clymer’s ladder truck #WPXI pic.twitter.com/4IwQ36G7Oo — Melanie Gillespie (@WPXIMelanie) November 2, 2015
WATCH LIVE VIDEO — Chopper 11 over the scene of an accident at the Clymer VFD https://t.co/MS2JU1bodj pic.twitter.com/1W3a2OwfDY
— WPXI (@WPXI) November 2, 2015
Sources tell me a man was flown to hospital after fire truck ladder twisted and collapsed on man standing beneath it; happened at Clymer VFD — Melanie Gillespie (@WPXIMelanie) November 2, 2015
