Chief and assistant chief hurt in a fire engine crash on icy roads in the Poconos
Our friend Ron Richards at WithTheCommand.com alerts us to these pictures by Tom Utegg of a fire engine wreck in Wayne County, PA. Chief Kenny Batzel and Assistant Chief Michael Hill of the White Mills Volunteer Fire Department were taken to Wayne County Hospital in Honesdale after the crash Sunday.
Hawley Chief Eugene Krause told the Scranton Times Tribune the accident occurred during a response to a cabin fire at Lake Constance:
The White Mills KME engine had turned off Rocky Run Road and into the private development in Palmyra Twp. when it slid off the icy road about 1:20 p.m., Chief Krause said. Chief Batzel and Assistant Chief Hill were both passengers in the vehicle, which was severely damaged.
Approximately 25 firefighters from the Hawley, White Mills and Forest companies responded to the fire, which gutted a cabin owned by the Susan George family, Chief Krause said.
No word on the conditions of the two chiefs.
