Fire truck involved in Hwy. 427 crash

By News Staff

Posted February 8, 2013 7:19 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Weather may have been a factor in a crash on Highway 427 Friday morning involving a fire truck.

A fire truck attending the scene of a single-vehicle crash in the northbound lanes near Rathburn Road was rear-ended by a Purolator truck around 2 a.m.

All of the injuries are said to be non-life-threatening.

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