PHOTOS: One person was injured after a crash behind a Fire and EMS station in Independence on Sunday morning.
The Independence Fire/EMS Department says crews responded to a motor vehicle accident behind the Fire-EMS station at 11:17 a.m. Sunday. On-duty staff reported via radio a loud explosion sound at the station and found a full-sized pickup had struck the back of the station.
The department says crews responded quickly and began treating a person who was entrapped. Medflight was requested to the scene to transport the patient, the department said. Crews were able to extricate and move the patient to the helipad for transport.
Bollards, a dumpster, and fencing stopped the vehicle from entering the station, where firefighters were seated at a table with only a window separating them from the truck, officials said.