A Boone County (WV) firefighter was critically injured when he got into an accident with the water tanker truck he was driving en route to a structure fire.
The Whitesville Volunteer Fire Department chief told WSAZ.com (http://bit.ly/QwdLT6) that veteran firefighter David “Moose” Massey, 54, was driving a water tanker on Route 3 when it overturned.
View additional details on the crash at http://bit.ly/QwdLT6.
For more on hazards and accidents involving such vehicles, consider TANKER OPERATIONS: SPECIAL HANDLING REQUIRED, Career Fire Fighter Dies in Tanker Rollover – North Carolina, What’s Causing All the Tanker Rollovers?, Tanker accidents can be prevented, and Strategies for Safer Driving.
