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Newly-released report on fatal Westport fire truck crash reveals contributing factors
KANSAS Town, Mo. (KCTV) – New information are being revealed about what led to a crash in Westport in December of 2021 that killed 3 people today. KCTV5 has obtained the complete 323-webpage investigative report and recently-produced visuals from that night time. We know that the pumper was dashing and ran a red light when it crashed into a car or truck, continuing on, knocking a pedestrian into a constructing. That creating collapsed about a minute later. The crash trapped a Honda CRV under the pumper, killing the driver, Jennifer San Nicholas and a passenger, Michael Elwood. The pedestrian, Tami Knight, was also killed. She was ready on the sidewalk…
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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…
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KC to pay $1.3M to families of Westport fire truck crash victims
Kansas Town will pay far more than $1.3 million to family customers of victims killed when a fireplace truck crashed into a automobile and a making in Westport in December 2021, in accordance to courtroom files filed Wednesday. In accordance to the settlement, every family members will get $459,893 from the town in addition an supplemental $80,000 from Farmers Insurance policy, the personal car insurance policies service provider for Dominic Biscari, the Kansas Town firefighter who drove the truck on Dec. 15, 2021. The Kansas Town Fire Section and the city declined to remark on the settlement and cited a pending investigation into the incident. With lights and sirens flashing,…
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