A fire engine that cost more than a half million dollars likely was ruined in floodwater over the weekend, and the firefighter who drove it is under investigation.
Firefighters on the engine were attempting to rescue people from a partially submerged car at Washington Avenue and East-West Highway in Silver Spring, Maryland, Saturday night, according to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.
As floodwater surrounded the car, good Samaritans rushed to help, pulling one person out of a passenger window while trying to calm others inside the car…