New York Volunteer Firefighter Hit by Flatbed Truck

A volunteer firefighter was run over by a tow truck after a four-car accident on Tuesday evening. State Police said that a firefighter from West Crescent Fire Department was helping to clear the scene of the accident on the Northway exit 8 southbound off-ramp when the flatbed truck backed over the right side of his body. He was rushed to Albany Medical Center with serious, but non-life threatening, injuries.