The driver of the fire engine was not injured in the accident, officials said.
Two engines were dispatched to a single-car motor vehicle accident at the 287 interchange southeast of Downtown at about 3:30 a.m., the post said. One of the engines - Engine 14 - found the accident scene while circling back to the station after initially not finding it.
The driver parked the engine at a 45-degree angle to protect the scene downstream from the flow of traffic, officials said. Within seconds of the last firefighter stepping off, it was struck by a truck traveling northbound. “There is absolutely no doubt that Engine 14 and the way it was parked to protect the incident scene saved the lives of our crew and the driver of the original crash,” the post said.Officials said the driver of the fire engine was not injured in the accident. The two occupants of the truck that hit the engine were trapped, but the on-scene crews removed them from the vehicle.“We know how lucky our crews were last night,“ the post said. “And we plead with the public to do their part in keeping each other safe on our roadways.”Suryatapa Chakraborty is a Breaking News Reporter at The Dallas Morning News. She graduated from Boston University in 2025 with a Master of Science in Journalism. She has previously completed internships at the Boston Globe Media and the Cape Cod Times.Fort Worth fire engine struck by truck while protecting accident scene, officials say
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