Pompano Beach

3 Pompano Beach Fire Rescue paramedics hospitalized after major crash

Video from Chopper 6 showed the heavily damaged fire truck and another white truck in the middle of the intersection.

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Three Pompano Beach Fire Rescue paramedics were hospitalized Thursday after their fire truck crashed while they were transporting a patient.

The crash happened on Northwest 31st Avenue and M.L.K. Jr. Boulevard, where authorities shut down the roads to investigate.

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Video from Chopper 6 showed the heavily damaged fire truck and another white truck in the middle of the intersection.

Fire rescue officials said their rescue unit was transporting a patient when the fire truck crashed into the white truck at the intersection.

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One person in the other truck was injured and transported to the hospital. The three paramedics had non-life-threatening injuries.

Further details were not available.

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