That had to have been one wild ride with no seats belt on?
A TANKER-PUMPER IN AUSTRIA ROLLED OVER WHILE RESPONDING to assist in a forest fire Sunday night, injuring all nine firefighters on board, four of them critically.
The tanker from the Trofaiach fire brigade was traveling a winding, mountain road when the edge of the roadway gave way as can be seen in this photo below:
The truck rolled over several times down the sloping meadow coming to rest when it came to the tree line. Eight of the firefighters were tossed out of the truck and the ninth was entrapped in the wreckage and had to be extricated by a rescue company.
The large forest fire that they were responding to was first reported around 5 pm Sunday night and was attended by 235 firefighters with 35 firetrucks from 22 fire companies. It was contained about seven hours later.
Landesfeuerwehrband Steiermark has the full story of both the fire and the accident along with many more photos HERE.
This large backhoe was used to pull the 16-ton pumper
back up to the roadway where it was put on a low-boy trailer.
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