
Two people are in the hospital after a fire truck responding to a fire in Accokeek crashed into a vehicle Wednesday afternoon, Fox5DC.com reported.
The Charles County Fire Department said the driver of one of its trucks overturned while merging onto Route 210 near Hawthorne Road, tumbling into the side of an SUV, the report said. Officials said the collision occurred around 3:15 p.m.
The driver of the fire department’s water tanker truck was transported to a hospital with injuries that do not appear to be life-threatening, the report said.
The driver of the SUV was also transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the report.
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the crash.
Traffic Ops officers are investigating a crash on Route 210 near Hawthorne Road in which a fire truck overturned onto the side of an SUV. There was one person on the truck and one person in the SUV. Both were transported to area hospitals with non life threatening injuries.
— Charles Co Sheriff (@CCSOMD) November 16, 2022