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HARWOOD, N.D.– Two firefighters responding to crashes successful North Dakota had to leap retired of the mode to flight a reckless operator headed consecutive for them connected Tuesday.
Video from Harwood Fire/Rescue showed 2 firefighters, clad successful orange, successful a ditch disconnected the broadside of a snow-covered roadworthy wherever respective vehicles had crashed owed to roadworthy conditions.
"This is wherefore we inquire radical to STAY OFF OF THE ROADS," Harwood Fire/Rescue main said successful a Facebook station sharing the video.
The video showed constricted visibility and blowing snowfall during a blizzard successful Harwood, arsenic good arsenic a roadworthy that was wholly covered successful packed snowfall and perchance ice.
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Vehicles dilatory thrust done the blizzard with hazards past the clang site.
(Harwood Fire/Rescue / FOX Weather)
A North Dakota State Trooper conveyance parked to the close of the roadway with its lights flashing sat successful beforehand of the firefighters portion they responded.
In the video, aggregate drivers connected the snowy roadworthy dilatory drove past the clang country with their hazard lights flashing.
As the firefighters walked backmost toward the road, a achromatic pickup motortruck came speeding down the roadworthy straight astatine them.
The motortruck drives into the ditch, astir missing the trooper conveyance and firefighters.
(Harwood Fire/Rescue / FOX Weather)
They rapidly ran retired of the mode to flight being deed by the truck, with seconds to spare.
In the process, the motortruck besides narrowly missed hitting the parked authorities trooper vehicle.
The firefighters jumped retired of the mode of the truck.
(Harwood Fire/Rescue / FOX Weather)
The motortruck tried to interruption arsenic it drove disconnected the roadworthy and into the ditch with the different vehicles, disconnected camera.
"Two of my firefighters and a North Dakota State Trooper were astir taken retired by an irresponsible driver," the main said successful the post. "The motivation of the communicative is, SLOW DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION OR DON'T TRAVEL."
(FOX Weather)
Blizzard conditions marque for highly unsafe driving, and drivers should ever usage precaution erstwhile driving during whiteout conditions.
A monolithic wintertime tempest is bringing snowfall to the Dakotas connected Friday and volition make unsafe travel conditions for millions of radical crossed the state this play arsenic they question location from Thanksgiving plans.
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