A crash on Interstate 81 left two people injured on Sunday and damaged a fire truck. According to Virginia State Police, the Augusta County fire truck was responding to another crash near the northbound lanes of mile-marker 223 when it happened.
State police say the fire truck was blocking the right lane. Troopers say a smart car convertible was in the right lane but when it tried to change lanes, it hit another vehicle and was pushed into the fire truck. Both occupants were ejected and one is in critical condition as of Monday evening.
"A day doesn't go by that we don't get an alert through social media networks about firefighters, police officers, paramedics, first responders, highway workers that are involved in some type of an actual incident or a near miss incident," Augusta County Fire and Rescue Chief David Nichols said.