A specialized safety vehicle designed to protect firefighters responding to highway emergencies was struck by a motorist on I-96 Sunday, less than a month after it was first deployed.
Firefighters with the Coopersville-Polkton Fire Department were dispatched to westbound I-96 Sunday to assist the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department and road commission with an issue with the roadway. Their safety truck arrived on scene at approximately 7:45 p.m. to block the lane, and about 15 minutes later the apparatus on the back of the truck was struck by a 35-year-old motorist.
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Safety vehicle hit on I-96 just weeks after deployment
The driver suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene. No first responders were injured…