TX Fire Chief Seriously Injured in Apparatus Accident

A Texas fire chief was seriously injured after the apparatus he was driving slid off the road on the way to a call last week.

Lake Brownwood Bridge Fire Chief Randy Feight was responding to a tank battery caused by a rainstorm Thursday, the department stated in an online update. While trying to make a right turn, the apparatus went off the slick roadway and struck a tree.

"It was raining pretty hard," Brownwood County Emergency Management Coordinator Darrell Johnston told the Brownwood Bulletin. "Basically, he didn't make the turn, lost control, went off the road and hit a large mesquite tree."

Feight, who was the only person in the apparatus, suffered several injuries and was taken to the hospital in stable condition.

"He was very lucky for what could have happened," Johnston told the Bulletin.