Indiana - A tanker truck used by Raleigh volunteer firefighters rolled onto its side shortly after leaving the Jackson Township firehouse Thursday afternoon. The truck and onboard personnel were responding to a report of a chimney or attic fire in the 11,000 block of Carthage Pike shortly after noon Thursday. Carthage volunteers also were dispatched to the scene.
Investigating officer deputy Richard Gosser of the Rush County Sheriff's Department said volunteer firefighter Adam Schwering, 24, of Rushville, was behind the wheel when the accident occurred.
"The driver said that after pulling out of the station and as he was making a right hand turn on CR 400N he apparently got too far off the south shoulder of the road and the truck simply rolled onto its side," Gosser said.
Schwering was uninjured in the accident. The 1991 GMC tanker sustained only minor damage.
In order to right the vehicle nearly 3,000 gallons of water had to be removed from the truck.
Other units dispatched to the scene of the fire were able to quickly extinguish what turned out to be a small blaze.
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