A Virginia State Trooper and two Bath County (VA) FF’s were hospitalized last night when the trooper’s cruiser hit the apparatus. 1 FF remains in serious condition-the Trooper and the other FF’s were treated and released. The crash happened around 20130 last night on U.S. 220 in Warm Springs near Virginia 39. The Trooper was traveling north with his “emergency equipment activated” headed to assist the Bath County Sheriff’s Office with a domestic call. As he crested a hill, the Trooper struck a Hot Springs VFD pumper pulling onto U.S. 220 from a side road. It wasn’t immediately clear if the fire truck had its lights and siren on or was headed to a call. The driver of the apparatus, Robert Leon Burke, 74, was taken to Bath County Community Hospital and later transferred to Roanoke Memorial where he remains in serious condition this morning. The other FF in the rig was T & R. The police car was destroyed.
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