Re: [californiadisasters] 9 USFS Firefighters Injured in Rollover Crash

These crew buggies are built for clearance on fire roads, not for low center
of gravity; swerving is not advisable.

(For those who haven't seen these: The typical crew buggy/ crew bus is a 4*4
truck with a box body that has school bus-type windows and seats. The floor
of the body is probably about 3-3.5 ft off the ground. Access is via a door
at the back, and fold-down steps.)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Noyes" <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
To: "CaliforniaDisasters" <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 3:57 PM
Subject: [californiadisasters] 9 USFS Firefighters Injured in Rollover Crash

> All 9 firefighters were taken to area hospitals as investigators determine
> the cause. By John Cadiz Klemack - KNBC-TV Los Angeles | Tuesday, Jul 5,
> 2011 | Updated 8:39 AM PDTA late night of brush clearance for nine U.S.
> Forest Service firefighters led to an early morning wake-up call for crash
> scene investigators.
>
> Monday night, the firefighters were out working on brush clearance in the
> Littlerock area of the Antelope Valley near Palmdale. On their way back to
> their station, the driver of the US Forest truck lost control and ran over
> an embankment.
>
> The truck rolled 10 to 15 feet down a ravine.
>
> "Three of our firefighters were airlifted out with moderate injuries,"
> Nathan Judy, spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service said. "The other six
were
> taken by ambulance."
>
> The official cause of why the driver lost control has not been determined.
> The California Highway Patrol is investigating that part of the crash and
> says preliminary reports point to an animal in the roadway. CHP says the
> 29-year-old driver swerved to avoid the animal and lost control of the
> truck.
>
> Crash investigators are expected to be on the scene Tuesday morning.
>
> The crash occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Monday on Mount Emma Road east of
> Cheseboro Road, California Highway Patrol Officer Krystal Carter said.
> Source:
>
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/9-Firefighters-Injured-in-Rollover-C
rash-125002834.html?__source=Newsletter-Daily
>
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