GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Va. β A 20-year-old Midlothian man suffered serious injuries early Saturday morning when he crashed his car into a Goochland County fire truck that was responding to an earlier crash on Route 288.
Virginia State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on southbound Route 288 at the James River Bridge in Goochland County at about midnight Saturday.
The initial crash involved a car that hit a guardrail.
While Goochland firefighters were on scene blocking the left lane with their truck and emergency lights flashing, a second car crashed into the fire truck, police said.
The driver of that vehicle, Edgar Ruiz Carrillo, 20, of Midlothian, suffered serious injuries.
No firefighters were injured in the second crash.
The driver involved in the initial crash was also transported to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Both crashes remain under investigation by Virginia State Police.
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