Fire truck crash on tape

Officials in St. Louis, Missouri are reviewing video tape of a fire truck collision that occurred in early October.

City officials have been reviewing every aspect of this video, trying to understand how the accident happened.

However, they were hoping the public wouldn’t see it, at least until after their investigation was complete.

Their hopes were dashed when the video showed up on YouTube.

The video shows the two trucks colliding as they race into the same intersection from different directions.

It was a massive accident with only minor injuries to the eight firefighters involved.

“When the guys see this this is going to have an immediate impact on them cause its so graphic. It’s a violent accident,“ said Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson.

City officials began reviewing the video immediately after the crash.

It came from a recently installed red light camera at the intersection.

As for who posted it on the website You Tube, that remains a mystery.

The fire chief says this tape is just part of a lengthy investigation.

He says they’re talking to everyone involved about what they could hear and see before the crash.

“One or both of these drivers might have been looking at the fire. And the heavy smoke coming off this building,“ Chief Jenkerson said.

Director of Public Safety Charles Bryson isn’t pleased that the tape has been released to the public.

However, he thinks it will become a valuable training tool for the department.

The fire chief actually brought recruits to the scene of the crash that day.

He wants them to learn from what happened.

The fire department expects its investigation to be completed in about a week.