FORT WORTH, Texas — Updated with more details on the crash.
Two Cleburne firefighters had to be taken to a hospital after a crash involving their ambulance in Fort Worth Thursday afternoon, officials said.
The crash happened on Chisholm Trail Parkway near Overton Ridge Boulevard. The Cleburne Fire Department said the firefighters were transporting a patient to a facility in Fort Worth at the time of the crash.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety investigators, traffic was coming to a stop when the ambulance hit the back of a concrete mixer, which caused the the ambulance box to detach. The box hit a nearby Lexus GX. The impact caused the Lexus to hit a nearby GMC Terrain, which then hit a Jeep Cherokee, DPS said.
The firefighters were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. DPS said there were other people injured who were treated at a local hospital. The number of other injuries aside from the firefighters was not made available.
The patient who was in the ambulance was taken to their destination by MedStar, officials said.
Further details were not immediately released as DPS continues to investigate the crash.
