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Comstock Township fire truck is struck at I-94 crash site

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KALAMAZOO COUNTY, Mich. — A fire truck tending to an accident on Interstate 94 was hit by a vehicle Monday morning.

At 5:29 a.m. Monday, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a crash on westbound Interstate 94 near the 83 mile marker. Deputies discovered that a truck had left the roadway and struck a power pole.

While on scene investigating the crash, another vehicle collided with a Comstock Township Fire & Rescue truck that was blocking the outside lane.

The vehicle's driver reported that she was unable to stop before striking the fire truck. That driver was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.

No first responders were injured.

Both the fire truck and the vehicle that hit it sustained significant damage.

The sheriff's office later released body camera video of the crash. Watch the footage below.

Vehicle slams into fire truck, captured on body camera footage

This makes the third fire apparatus for Comstock Fire & Rescue hit while on the scene of another crash. The first two were damaged on December 12 when a box truck slammed into a fire truck and rolled into a command truck.

Two firefighters were hurt in that crash.

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