Pleasant View firefighter recovering from crash

Pleasant View firefighter recovering from crash

PLEASANT VIEW, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Pleasant View firefighter is recovering after he was struck by a truck while working a crash. Lieutenant Drew Akin with the Pleasant View Fire Department said his crew, Squad 6, was working a single-vehicle crash along Interstate 24. Akin said he heard air brakes moments before a truck struck one of the firefighters on the crew. Hit-and-run suspect arrested, accused of hitting infant stroller "From a boss sta…

Firefighter Struck in I-24 Hit-and-Run Involving Tractor-Trailer

Firefighter Struck in I-24 Hit-and-Run Involving Tractor-Trailer PLANSNT VIEW, TENNESSEE (Smokey Barn News) — In what officials are calling a hit-and-run incident, a local firefighter is recovering after being struck by a tractor-trailer on I-24 early Tuesday morning. The impact threw the firefighter to the ground, while the semi continued forward and struck a mounted ladder on a Pleasant View fire truck before leaving the scene. According to Pl…