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CIVILIAN KILLED IN RESPONDING APPARATUS VS CAR CRASH
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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One person is dead following a collision between a responding fire apparatus and a car in Vaughan (Ontario) this morning.
York Regional Police say the received a call at 10:35 a.m. about a Toyota Camry hitting a pole at Major Mackenzie Drive and Highway 400. Investigators say a fire truck with lights and sirens activated hit the vehicle, pushing it into the traffic signal. The driver of the car, a man in his fifties, was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Some firefighters suffered minor injuries.