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Photos: Semi slams into Okla. patrol car, fire truck at rollover scene

“Our public safety workers were able to scramble to safety and were not physically injured,” the PD said

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By Bill Carey
Police1

CATOOSA, Okla. — First responders in Oklahoma are considering themselves lucky to be alive after a semi crashed into their vehicles while they were on the scene of a highway rollover.

On March 31, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Catoosa firefighters were investigating a rollover when a driver of a semi hit a fire truck and cruiser, NewsOn6 reported. The police department posted on Facebook that everyone was able to scramble to safety. There were no injuries.

There is no report on the cause of the crash yet. Catoosa Police Chief Ronnie Benight stated in the social media post that high winds were possibly a factor in the earlier crash.