1 killed after car collides with Lexington fire engine

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A man has been killed in a crash involving a Lexington fire engine.

The Fayette County Coroner’s Office tells local media that 23-year-old Cody Emery was taken to the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center after the crash Monday, where he died of his injuries at about 5:30 p.m.

Lexington police Lt. Andrew Daugherty says the firefighter had minor injuries.

Daugherty says the engine had been responding to a call of an unconscious person when the wreck occurred. Emery’s sedan was in the outer loop of Man o’ War Boulevard before it jumped the median and collided with the fire engine. The truck hit the passenger side of the car.

Investigators are trying to determine why the sedan jumped the median.

Battalion Chief Jeff Nantz says the engine is probably totaled.

 

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