Stolen Fire Truck Leaves A Trail Of Wrecked Vehicles In Washington State

Police are searching for a personification who stole a occurrence motortruck successful Washington authorities connected Friday nighttime and near down a way of harm and wrecked vehicles.

The Everett Fire Department motortruck was stolen from nan 2900 artifact of Hoyt Avenue, astir 30 miles northbound of Seattle, while firefighters were responding to a aesculapian emergency connected nan 5th level of an flat building, nan occurrence section said successful an update posted to Facebook connected Saturday morning.

"The fishy drove nan stolen occurrence motor astatine precocious speeds done northbound Everett residential streets, causing important harm to aggregate parked vehicles and landscaping crossed 5 locations earlier fleeing connected foot," nan occurrence section said.

The firefighters discovered nan missing motortruck conscionable aft 11 p.m., erstwhile nan first 911 telephone reporting a adjacent hit-and-run was received, per nan occurrence department. Witnesses told authorities that a occurrence motortruck "struck 2 parked cars astatine a precocious complaint of velocity and near nan scene."

The Everett Fire Department motortruck was stolen from nan 2900 artifact of Hoyt Avenue, astir 30 miles northbound of Seattle.Everett Fire Department

"About a infinitesimal later, akin reports came successful from nan 1000 artifact of E Marine View Drive, wherever nan occurrence motor came to a extremity aft plowing into 10 parked vehicles," nan occurrence section said.

The Everett Police Department began responding to nan incident scenes, which included astatine slightest six locations wherever harm was reported to parked cars, trees, directional signs and grass, per nan occurrence department. No injuries were reported astatine immoderate of nan locations.

Pictures posted by nan occurrence section show nan aftermath of nan incident, including totaled cars, a knocked-down thoroughfare motion and various debris lining nan streets.

The stolen firetruck, a 2018 Pierce Enforcer Pumper weighing astir 35,000 pounds, received "significant damage" and has been impounded for evidence, nan occurrence section said. It was 1 of nan department's newer engines, and its weight makes it "a important conveyance erstwhile successful motion."

A totaled car successful Everett, Wash., connected Saturday.Everett Fire Department

The driver is still astatine ample and nan investigation into nan incident is ongoing.

"Losing a occurrence motor to specified a reckless personification not only jeopardizes nan information of our first responders but besides puts our organization astatine risk," Everett Police Chief John DeRousse said successful a statement. "We are committed to ensuring nan information of our residents, and immoderate accusation that helps america resoluteness this incident is crucial. It is imperative that we clasp nan fishy accountable for their actions, and we will activity diligently to bring them to justice."

The constabulary section is asking anyone pinch accusation aliases footage of nan incident to get successful touch.

Everett Fire Chief Dave DeMarco said nan occurrence section is looking into what tin beryllium done to forestall specified incidents successful nan future.

"We are thankful that nary 1 was injured successful this event, and we stay focused connected safeguarding our organization and our emergency consequence capabilities," DeMarco said.