A 29-year-old man has been fined after driving on ice on the windshield early in the morning and crashing into a fire truck.
ACT police said the fire truck was stopped at the time, with red and blue emergency lights and amber hazard lights in operation.
A 29-year-old man has been fined after driving on ice on the windshield early in the morning and crashing into a fire truck. (ACT Police) Firefighters were at the scene of a two-car accident in the Canberra suburb of Isabella Plains, when a car collided with its truck around 8:15 a.m. this Friday. (ACT Police)
High visibility orange witch hats were also placed around the vehicle.
No emergency services team was injured in the collision.
The white Hyundai Accent driver was fined $ 398 for negligent driving and $ 205 for driving his motor vehicle without clear vision.
ACT police said the fire truck was stopped at the time, with red and blue emergency lights and amber hazard lights in operation. (ACT Policing) There are currently free ice scrapers available at all police stations in the territory. (ACT Police)
Police said the driver “was lucky not to have caused the death or serious injury.”
The collision comes fifteen days after ACT police reminded drivers of the need to remove ice from their vehicles and make sure they had clear vision before driving.
Free ice scrapers are currently available at all police stations in the area.