VANCOUVER — A driver suffered serious injuries this morning after colliding with a Vancouver Fire engine at the intersection of Northeast 162nd Avenue and Northeast 7th Street in Vancouver’s Mill Plain neighborhood.
The Vancouver Fire Department reported that the engine was returning from an early morning commercial fire when it was involved in a two-vehicle accident with a minivan around 8:30 a.m., Mon., Oct. 17.
The minivan driver, who was the sole occupant in that vehicle, was extricated from the crash and transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. No other injuries were reported.
Northeast 162nd Avenue near Northeast 7th Street was closed following the accident for an investigation into the cause of the collision.