Friday, November 30th, 2007
Queenstown Airport’s brand new fire truck R2 is ready for business.
After using the same old R1 fire truck for nearly 20 years, senior fire chief Bill Wrigley can’t wait to show off the nearly $1 million purchase imported from Austria.
“I started in 1988 at the same time we got the R1 truck, which will eventually be replaced by another new model,” Wrigley says.
“This new one is completely electric and can be operated just by touching the screen – no more pulling levers.”
The 23-tonne truck can go from 0-80kmh in under 30 seconds and handle all types of terrain.
It can pump out more than double the amount of water and foam of the old truck – 4000-5000 litres per minute, emptying the 6500-litre tank in a minute and a half.
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
A 32-year-old Medina man was killed Saturday night when his truck rolled over off Erhart Road less than half a mile south of state Route 18 in York Township, the Medina post of the State Highway Patrol reported.
James E. Ventura was pronounced dead at the scene.
The highway patrol said Ventura, who was driving a 1994 Ford truck, drove off the left side of Erhart Road to avoid hitting a deer shortly after 8 p.m.
The truck hit a ditch and rolled onto its side.
Ventura was partially thrown from the vehicle and trapped underneath.
Two passengers, identified as Sabrina Ventura, 38, of Medina, and Jeffrey Flanik, 43, of Litchfield, were treated at the scene for minor injuries and released.
No one in the truck appeared to be wearing a seat belt, the highway patrol said.
Alcohol consumption before the crash is suspected, the highway patrol said in a release.
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