RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. — A 10-year-old boy was killed Sunday night when his family’s SUV collided with a fire truck.
WAPT.com reported that a family of five, including two adults and three children, were traveling south on a highway as two firefighters in a Lake Harbour Volunteer Fire Department rig were coming off a side road.
“They collided in the intersection,” Cpl. Eric Henry, with the Mississippi Highway Patrol, said. “It’s a tragic event.”
The boy’s mother and his two younger siblings are in critical condition after being flown by helicopter to a hospital. His father, who was driving the SUV, was taken to the hospital but is expected to be OK. The boy has been identified as Higuillermo Montreo.
“The mother and the other two minors inside the vehicle had to be cut out of the vehicle,” Cpl. Henry said. “None of the firefighters suffered life-threatening injuries, but they are injured and complaining of pain.”
The crash is still under investigation. It is unknown if the fire truck was responding to an emergency call.