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West Phoenix crash involving fire truck sends firefighter, 3 others to hospital

Phoenix Fire truck into apartments 70th Ave and Indian School
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PHOENIX — A Phoenix firefighter and three others were taken to a hospital after a crash Tuesday.

Just after 5 p.m., Phoenix Police Department officers were called to the area of 70th Avenue and Indian School Road for reports of a four-vehicle crash.

When officers arrived, they located a vehicle on the roadway and a Phoenix Fire truck just off the sidewalk, near an apartment complex.

Investigators say the fire truck slammed into a carport with cars underneath.

Emergency crews not involved in the crash took four people, including a Phoenix Fire Engineer, to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Phoenix Fire officials.

A crash involving two separate vehicles occurred in the same area. Nobody in those cars was injured.

Officials have not yet said what caused the crash.

An ABC15 viewer shared video giving an up-close look at partially collapsed carport at the Santa Marina Apartment Homes. 

"It was kind of crazy, actually, because I saw the ambulance taking a lot of people,” said Marine Ruiz. "Everyone was just, I do not know. I mean, it was a mess. That's what it was. It was a mess."