Firefighter Among Five Injured After Alleged Drunk Driver Slams into Stafford County (VA) Fire Truck

A total of five people were injured when a man crashed into the back of a fire apparatus working at the scene of a previous crash on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, VA, according to a report published by WTOP News.

According to the report, four people in the car, and a firefighter at the scene were hurt when Ricardo Rodriguez-Montoya, 41, of Maryland crashed into the back of the fire truck. The four people in the car were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and the firefighter was treated for injuries and later released.

Rodriguez-Montoya was arrested on a variety of charges and held without bond as a result of the Thursday crash, according to the report.

According to Stafford County Fire and Rescue’s Facebook page, Rescue 1 was working at the scene of a wreck on I-95 at mile marker 134.5 when the vehicle hit the back of the truck and became lodged under it. The Facebook post said the firefighter suffered minor injuries.

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