Cambridge, MA FF & Civ Hurt After Delivery Van Drives Over Charged Hoseline

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From "The Secret List"

A Cambridge (Mass) Firefighter was hurt yesterday afternoon (11-30-07)while on a fire call after a clueless delivery truck driver ran over a fire hose, sending the coupling crashing into the Firefighter.

The delivery truck driver ran over a charged hose line and the hose became tangled in the truck’s rear wheels, disconnecting it from the fire hydrant, sending the hose flying through the air and smashing into the firefighter’s back. The driver was issued a traffic citation after he told police he had “no clue” he wasn’t supposed to drive over the fire hose. The hose also struck a female pedestrian, bruising her ankle.

Since we all can do little about "the clueless"....here is a link to a piece that covers BLOCKING so "the clueless" have less of a chance to hurt us. http://www.respondersafety.com/news/2004/0623_VRSII.html

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Any word on how he's doing? No mention of story in Boston newspapers.