Jan. 30--The driver of a Greenville Fire-Rescue truck, which crashed into the Farmersville Dairy Queen earlier this month, has reportedly told police investigators he was distracted prior to the accident.
The Farmersville Police Department released a statement Friday, indicating that the driver for Siddons-Martin indicated there were no mechanical issues with the engine of which he was aware at the time of the crash on the morning of Jan. 20.
"It appears that the driver of the Fire Engine became distracted while driving and lost control of the Fire Engine," according to the statement from Police Chief Michael P Sullivan, which was posted on the police department's Facebook page. "The driver was not able to regain control of the Fire Engine and the Fire Engine struck the Dairy Queen."
Investigators were reported to be awaiting toxicology results from the Department of Public Safety Lab Friday before closing the investigation into the matter.
Greenville Fire-Rescue Unit 4 was being returned from Siddons-Martin, a dealer/service center in Denton, and was proceeding east along U.S. highway 380 at around 11:30 a.m. Jan. 20 when the truck exited the roadway and struck the Dairy Queen. The truck was being operated by employees of Siddons-Martin at the time of the crash.
Two people were transported from the scene, the driver of the unit and a customer inside the Dairy Queen, neither of whom sustained life-threatening injuries.
The truck had been delivered to the fire department last summer and was largely paid for by an anonymous donor.
City Manager Massoud Ebrahim told the Greenville City Council Tuesday that he expects the city to receive a new fire truck as a replacement by October. A reserve unit has been put into service during the interim.
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