Fallowfield firefighters nearly struck by a truck on I-70
Fallowfield Township firefighters narrowly escaped injury Friday morning when a tanker truck nearly struck their fire truck at a crash scene on Interstate 70.
The tanker truck traveled into the berm, missing the fire truck by inches as the four firefighters scrambled to get out of its way, said Anthony Fleming, chief of the township’s volunteer fire company.
“We definitely had angels over us on this one,” Fleming said.
The fire department was called to the crash about 11 a.m. in I-70’s westbound lanes after a car struck the rear of a tractor-trailer that was gone when firefighters arrived there, Fleming said. Three people suffered minor injuries in the crash, which was under investigation by state police.
Firefighters had to pull some people out of the way of the tanker truck.
“Thankfully, there were no physical injuries, but the mental anxiety of those moments will probably never leave the crew,” Fleming said.
He said the tanker truck driver was shaking after he got out of his vehicle, “realizing that the ending could have easily been much worse.”