Firefighters rushed to help an unconscious 6-year-old girl after the vehicle she was in collided with their ladder truck in Clayton County Wednesday. She is listed in critical condition.
The girl was one of three sisters in a Mercedes Benz that went through red light and crashed into the tiller truck, according to the Georgia State Patrol. The fire truck was not responding to a call a the time.
Firefighters found the girl, who was restrained but not in a car seat, without a pulse and not breathing, according to WSBTV.com.
Lt. David Leply, Sgt. Christopher Stripling and firefighter Jamal Daniel jumped from the truck and began to render aid.
"I just see them carrying this little girl," witness Jazmine Dominquez said. "They put her right there in the grass and they’re just trying to, you know… she wasn't breathing."
The 18-year-old driver and her 10-year-old sister were also injured and transported to the hospital. The firefighters were later taken to the hospital for evaluation of minor injuries.
"It's a testament to the medical care they were provided and, you know, the fact that somebody was watching over them,” Clayton County Fire Chief Landry Merkison told the television station.
