Trenton fire engine and pickup collide killing a 3-year-old girl. Child was in front of arena where Disney on Ice is performing.
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Trenton, New Jersey’s Reserve Engine 10 was involved in a tragic collision Friday evening around 7:15 PM that killed a 3-year-old girl. The fire engine was responding to an automobile accident at Route 129 and Route 1 when a pickup truck collided with the rig. The crash occurred in front of the Sovereign Bank Arena on Route 129 at Hamilton Avenue. The streets were crowded with families headed to the arena for Disney on Ice’s Disneyland Adventure that had just started.
The red arrow indicates where Trenton’s Reserve Engine 10 stopped. The location is diagonally across Route 129 from Sovereign Bank Arena. Click the image to see more from the Google Map.
Here are excerpts from an article by Alex Zdan at NJ.com:
The child, whose identity was not immediately available, was struck by a road sign toppled by the accident, which occurred at the intersection of Route 129 and Hamilton Avenue just after 7:30 p.m.
Two other children and two firefighters were also taken to area hospitals, but authorities said their injuries were not considered to be severe.
Police said that a car struck the engine, which careened into a lamp post, as it was passing through the intersection of Route 129 and Hamilton Avenue. It appears that the car then careened in the other direction into the road sign, which fell on a group of people standing on the sidewalk.
The road sign was twisted metal on the side of roadway nearest to the arena. On the other side of the intersection with Hamilton Avenue was the fire engine, its front left side caved in, still resting against the lamp post.
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