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Cedar Rapids firetruck involved in crash
CEDAR RAPIDS - A crash between a car and a firetruck sent two people to the hospital Friday morning.
Police officers on the scene said a firetruck was traveling on Johnson Avenue NW when it collided with the car, which was traveling on 18th Street NW.
The firetruck was on its way to the central fire station on First Avenue East for training, not responding to a call, police said.
The two firefighters inside were uninjured. Two people inside the car were taken to the hospital.
Authorities did not immediately provide an update on their condition.
A Cedar Rapids firetruck and a vehicle shown in a side-by-side composite after a crash at the intersection of Johnson Avenue and 18th Street NW the morning of Friday, October 16, 2015. (Leah Schwartz/KCRG-TV9)
The car involved in a crash with a Cedar Rapids firetruck at the intersection of Johnson Avenue and 18th Street NW sits on a flatbed truck on Friday, October 16, 2015. (Leah Schwartz/KCRG-TV9)
A firetruck involved in a crash with a car at the intersection of Johnson Avenue and 18th Street NW sits on Friday, October 16, 2015. (Leah Schwartz/KCRG-TV9)
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