A Philadelphia Fire Department truck is involved in a fatal crash
A woman died and a man is in critical condition after the crash with a fire truck
A Philadelphia Fire Department truck was involved in a crash that left a 23-year-old woman dead and a 29-year-old man in critical condition Saturday in what has been a challenging — and tragic — two days for the city’s firefighters.
A Philadelphia Fire Department ladder truck was heading west on Lehigh Avenue in North Philadelphia on its way to an assignment about 12:10 p.m. when the driver of a vehicle traveling north on West Sedgley Avenue cut in front of the truck, leading to a collision, police said.
The crash caused the vehicle to strike a parked, unattended vehicle. The 29-year-old driver and 23-year-old passenger were taken to Temple University Hospital, where the passenger was pronounced dead at 12:44 p.m., police said.
The Police Department’s Crash Investigation Division was investigating.
Mike Bresnan, president of Philadelphia’s International Association of Fire Fighters Local 22, called the accident “an unfortunate tragedy.”
The last two days have been exceptionally taxing for the city’s firefighters. Three people have died in fires in the last two days.
An 8-year-old girl and a 31-year-old woman died from their injuries Saturday morning in Northeast Philadelphia in a blaze that required more than 60 firefighters to extinguish.
And a 66-year-old woman died Friday morning in a blaze in the Harrowgate section. It was declared an arson that has resulted in a man being charged with murder.