Monday afternoon a District of Columbia fire truck smashed into a city police cruiser while on an emergency call and investigators are now looking into a possible brake issue.
The fire engine was responding to a call for a report of a fire in a residential area of Northwest D.C. prior to the accident taking place. WTOP reports that a car drove in front of the fire truck, forcing it to swerve, and it hit a police car parked on the road. The crash is now under investigation and firefighters on the truck had previously complained about brake problems. The crash is now under investigation and firefighters on the truck had previously complained about brake problems. Ed Smith, president of the union that represents firefighters in the city, told The Daily Caller News Foundation that firefighters on that truck reported an air leak issue with the truck’s brakes but he was unsure if that issue caused the accident.
“That’s initially what we are hearing over here, but we have to wait until the investigation is completed to find out exactly what happened,” he said. “For firefighter safety and citizen safety, we have to get to the bottom of it.”