Detroit Fire Engine Crash Leads To Trial Of New Safety Warning

DETROIT – Local 4 has been following this story for months Detroit First responders suffer serious accidents while responding to emergency calls.

We’ve heard that several accidents involved fire trucks in Detroit, and one incident sent seven people to the hospital.

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Late Saturday night, there was a report of a Molotov cocktail being thrown into a home on Detroit’s west side.

Photos from West Warren Avenue and Miller Road showed what happened when a Jeep SUV with sirens and lights on appeared to crash into a fire truck.

No one was injured in the crash.

On Sunday, a fire truck and a minivan collided at West McNichols Road and Wyoming Avenue on the city’s west side.

Seven people in the minibus had to be taken to hospital. All were treated and released.

Detroit’s fire chief is making news as we spoke with him on Monday (November 4).

Detroit Fire is in a pilot program and the company HAAS Alerts will use its safety cloud technology.

The warning system on a fire truck can send a signal to Stellantis vehicles by turning down the stereo and placing an alert on the driver’s phone.

“We’re hoping this would help prevent some of those accidents and warn people before we get to a particular intersection or street,” Detroit Fire Chief Charles Simms said.