August 15, 2009
Five firefighters and two others were hurt when a fire engine collided with another vehicle in the South Shore neighborhood this afternoon, a Fire Department spokesman said.
The incident occurred at about 5 p.m. at the intersection of 67th Street and Jeffery Avenue, according to Chicago Fire Department Chief Joe Roccasalva. The firefighters were responding to an automatic alarm in the 8000 block of South Brandon Avenue when the crash happened, he said.
A car collided with the fire engine as it was eastbound on 67th Street, police said. The fire engine then struck a pole.
Five firefighters were treated and released from Trinity Hospital, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Roccasalva said. One of them was taken from the crash scene in serious-to-critical condition, while the remaining four were taken in fair-to-serious condition.
Two people from the other vehicle were taken to Northwestern in critical condition, he said.
The driver of the vehicle, Michael Quinn, 30, of the 2100 block of East 72nd Street, was cited for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, no insurance and damage to city property, police said. He is still at Northwestern for observation.
A passenger in Quinn's vehicle, a 24-year-old woman, was listed in critical condition at the hospital, police said.
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