Deputy, firefighter injured in crash responding to same emergency call
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
MONROE COUNTY, MI – A Monroe County Sheriff’s deputy and a Monroe Township firefighter were both injured Friday morning when they crashed into each other way on the way to the same emergency call.
The crash, involving a police SUV and a pickup, occurred at 7:48 a.m. Friday, March 12 at the intersection of S. Dixie Highway and E. Dunbar Road in Monroe Township, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
The initial investigation indicates the deputy, responding to an emergency, was going west on E. Dunbar Road when she was stuck at the intersection by a truck, driven by the firefighter, going south of S. Dixie Highway, police said.