The incident occurred on Saturday, February 25, in Babin (Legnica County). As firefighters from Legnica report:
While responding to a trailer fire on the A4 motorway, a crew from OSP Janowice Duże was involved in an accident. The vehicle in which the rescuers were traveling under emergency conditions veered onto the shoulder and struck a roadside tree. As a result of the accident, four firefighters were injured.
The uniformed officers added:
Two crews from Fire and Rescue Unit No. 2, the Head of the Operations and Training Division of the Municipal Headquarters of the State Fire Service in Legnica, the Operational Group of the Commander of the Lower Silesian Provincial State Fire Service in Wrocław, a heavy technical rescue vehicle from JRG Bolesławiec, and OSP Warmątowice Sienkiewiczowskie went to the scene.
The injured firefighters were taken to hospital. Police are establishing the causes and circumstances of the incident.