Fire engine hit by truck while responding to crash on I-85
A fire engine was hit by a pickup truck Tuesday morning while responding to a crash on I-85 North in Coweta County.
About 5:15 a.m., the fire truck was blocking the far left lane near mile marker 49, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
As a Ford F-150 behind the fire truck slowed, a Dodge Ram hit it, the GSP said.
The F-150 went around the fire truck, and the Ram continued forward and struck the rear of the fire engine, according to the GSP.
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The Ram overturned and landed on its side on top of a median wall, officials said.
The driver of the F-150 was taken to Atlanta Medical Center, and the driver of the Ram was taken to Piedmont Newnan Hospital, the GSP reported. Both had injuries that were not life-threatening.
No one in the fire truck was injured.
It is unclear what caused the crash, which shut down I-85 for nearly two hours.
Northbound lanes reopened about 7:10 a.m., the GSP reported.
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