Reply to a comment  Reply to this comment  DPGenius writes:  "As
the firetruck entered the intersection with siren on and
emergency lights flashing, a pickup truck traveling south on
U.S. 41 crashed into the passenger's side of the unit."  Sounds
to me like the firetruck was already in the intersection. Also,
the firetruck would have to have been almost completely acrooss
the northbound lane and halfway into the southbound. I have
never seen an emergencey vehicle blindly enter an intersection,
but if they have to evaluate every intersection for too long,
then what's the point. As a safe driver, I never enter an
intersection without evaluating the opposing lane, regardless of
the light and a firetruck is something that sticks out. There
are flashing signs when approaching that intersection warning of
the intersection as well as a speed change. An accident is
exactly that. This guy has probably blown past that sopt 1000
times before. Giving the firefighters a hard time or the driver
a hard time at this stage se