Two Firefighters Injured In Howard Street Collision

Two San Francisco firefighters were injured in a traffic collision in the South of Market neighborhood Sunday morning, according to an SFPD spokesperson.

SFPD Sergeant Danielle Newman said in a statement sent at 10:57 this morning that several streets have been closed and traffic has been rerouted in the area of 5th and Howard Streets after a fire truck collided with another vehicle at that intersection.

According to Newman, the vehicles involved were an SFPD ladder truck and a private sedan.

Two firefighters were injured in the collision and have been transported to the hospital, Newman said.

Newman did not have any information on the occupants of the other vehicle.

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Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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