By IFD PIO
An Indianapolis (IN) Fire Department (IFD) fire apparatus and car collided in an intersection leaving four firefighters and one civilian cyclist shaken and four other vehicles damaged, but thankfully no one injured. The IFD engine was responding emergent to a possible building fire. The driver of a black Honda Accord, IFD and IMPD that he had his music turned up and did not hear, nor see the IFD engine until he was entering the intersection. In the split second the IFD Engineer knew that collision was imminent, the engineer detoured left, preventing a full on T-bone collision with the Honda Accord. Had the engineer not done this, the T-Bone impact would have been directly to the driver’s side door and could have resulted in critical tragedy for the driver. The engine and the car collided, causing the engine to spin and pushing it into the eastbound lanes of Fall Creek. Three eastbound vehicles, stopped at the light, all driven by adults, were damaged. After the impact, the Honda Accord, veered off into a grassy area on the north side of Fall Creek.
All of the affected were checked at the scene and released.
In another incident, unrelated to the previous incident, a woman was tragically killed when her car collided with an IFD fire apparatus. The engine was responding to a possible residence fire when the collision occurred. The silver car collided with the engine at the intersection, affixed itself on the engine windshield and traveled about 100 feet before disengaging from the windshield and sliding another 100 feet to a stop. The engine sustained significant damage to the front and side, with equipment ripped from it’s holders and windshield glass strewn throughout the interior.
The four IFD Firefighters on board were all wearing seatbelts. One firefighter suffered cuts to his face from the windshield.
