Person struck by Boston fire truck has life-threatening injuries
DORCHESTER - A Boston Fire truck hit a person in Dorchester Wednesday afternoon, sending the victim to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
It happened on Bowdoin Street around 12:30 p.m. Investigators said the fire truck was on the way to a call and had its lights and sirens on at the time.
A spokesperson for Boston EMS said the person was rushed to a hospital in an "advanced life support ambulance." The Suffolk County District Attorney identified the victim as a 34-year-old man.
"We just heard the fire truck coming and then we heard all the police cars coming," said Jamessa Brito, who lives nearby. "I went out and checked. There was a lot of blood in the street and the person was being put into the ambulance."
The four firefighters on the fire truck were also taken to the hospital to be checked out for stress-related injuries.
