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KCFD pumper truck involved in deadly Westport crash had Opticom emitter
KANSAS Town, Mo. — The Kansas Town, Missouri, Hearth Division pumper truck that was associated in a December 2021 crash that killed 3 men and women, was geared up with a basic safety product that could have modified the site visitors signal. However, the intersection was not geared up with a detector. Pumper 19 was rushing northbound on Broadway Boulevard as a result of a crimson gentle at Westport Road on Dec. 15, 2021, when it crashed into a westbound SUV that entered the intersection with a environmentally friendly light-weight. The KCFD pumper truck was outfitted with an Opticom emitter that sends an infrared signal, which can be picked up…

