Water truck tumbles down embankment

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Water truck tumbles down embankment

"Water truck tumbles down embankment'"

Water Trucks and Water Tenders:

North State Briefs: May 26, 2007 :

'LAKE SHASTA -- The driver of a water tender assigned to help fight the Bolli Fire went down an approximately 200-foot embankment Friday, and reportedly suffered minor injuries, said a spokesman for the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

The water tender did not roll into Lake Shasta as had been feared, he said.

Forest Service spokesman Mike Odle said the contracted driver, who worked for Alan's Water of Cottonwood, went off a Forest Service road north of Whitegate and rolled about 200 feet before stopping. The driver was going to be taken to a Redding hospital for observation.'

Water Tender Assigned to Bolli Fire Rolls
From Inciweb 2007-05-26 10:26:44
Incident: Bolli
Released: 2007-05-25 17:26:00 ET

LAKE SHASTA, Calif. (May 25, 2007) – At approximately 12:30 p.m. today, a contract water tender assigned to the Bolli Fire went off of Forest Service Road 35N18, north of Whitegate and rolled approximately 200 feet before stopping. Contrary to initial reports, the water tender is not in Shasta Lake.

The driver of the vehicle is being brought up the side of the hill on a litter and will be transported to a hospital in Redding for further medical evaluation and treatment. At this time, medical personnel on-scene characterized the driver’s injuries as minor.

The water tender is contracted through Alan's Water of Cottonwood, Calif.

A Forest Service accident investigation team is being assembled at this time.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

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Saturday, May 26, 2007