PRATT, W.Va. — Two West Virginia firefighters were killed and three others were injured when a volunteer fire department’s truck flipped while responding to a call about a highway accident that also had three fatalities, authorities said Saturday night. Members of the Pratt Volunteer Fire Department were on their way to the wreck on the West Virginia Turnpike when their truck flipped, Kanawha County Manager Jennifer Herrald said in an email Saturday night. Two were confirmed killed and three were injured. Meanwhile, local media reported that it began around 7 p.m. when three people were killed in the accident the firefighters had been attempting to reach. County Commission President Kent Carper told news reporters the fire truck flipped and hit a rock wall near Paint Creek.

Source: National Post March 25, 2018 02:15 UTC