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2 Virginia firefighters die in crash
ROCKY MOUNT, Va., Two Rocky Mount, Va., firefighters were killed Monday when their fire truck crashed and flipped en route to a fire in a neighboring community, officials said.
The city's mayor, a county fire marshal and a witness told The Roanoke Times the fire truck collided with a sport utility vehicle at the intersection of Old Franklin Turnpike and Route 220, flipped multiple times and landed upside down on top of a convertible.
The fire truck was responding to a fire in Penhook, the Times said.
The newspaper said one person was removed from the fire truck and flown by helicopter to a hospital and another person was pinned under the truck.
It wasn't known whether occupants of the SUV and convertible were injured, the newspaper said.
ROCKY MOUNT, Va., Two Rocky Mount, Va., firefighters were killed Monday when their fire truck crashed and flipped en route to a fire in a neighboring community, officials said.
The city's mayor, a county fire marshal and a witness told The Roanoke Times the fire truck collided with a sport utility vehicle at the intersection of Old Franklin Turnpike and Route 220, flipped multiple times and landed upside down on top of a convertible.
The fire truck was responding to a fire in Penhook, the Times said.
The newspaper said one person was removed from the fire truck and flown by helicopter to a hospital and another person was pinned under the truck.
It wasn't known whether occupants of the SUV and convertible were injured, the newspaper said.
