GERMANY: 1 FIREFIGHTER KILLED, 1 CRITICAL IN RESPONDING APPARATUS CRASH Saturday, March 6, 2010  - At around 1300 hours today, a Thalfang (Germany) Volunteer Fire Department apparatus left the roadway and flipped over while responding to an emergency call. The driver of the truck was killed and the other FF on board was seriously injured. The driver, who has not been identified, was 45 yrs. of age and leaves a wife and three children. The other FF is 33-yrs.-old and was flown to the hospital in critical condition. An unconfirmed report says that the second firefighter has died, too. Early reports say that the truck was responding with another VFD to a house grass fire when the truck drifted off the roadway, crashed through a guard rail and tumbled down an embankment. Thanks to www.FireGeezer.com for the heads up on this-he has more on his site as well.