Henderson County Firefighter Injured
Posted/updated on: June 18, 2015 at 4:09 pm
ATHENS — A Henderson County firefighter has been treated and released after being hit by a vehicle while directing traffic. It happened around 9:30 Tuesday night on U.S. Highway 175. According to KETK, the Log Cabin volunteer fireman was stopping traffic on the highway to allow an engine to back out when hit by a car driven by a 74 year old woman. Because of concussion concerns, the firefighter was rushed to ETMC Athens and later flown to Tyler. The woman driving the other vehicle was not injured.
