Pennsylvania: Truck and Motorcycle Collide, Firefighter Struck by Vehicle in Cambria County

Investigators are working to learn what caused a motorcycle and a truck to collide on a Cambria County roadway Monday afternoon. The accident between the motorcycle and tri-axle truck happened just before 4 p.m. along Route 271 near the Pike Road intersection in the Mundys Corner area of Jackson Township, according to Cambria County emergency dispatch.

About an hour after the accident, Jackson Township Fire Police members were directing traffic near the Pike Road intersection when one of the fire police members was struck by a passing motorist. The firefighter was taken to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center for treatment. The extent of his injuries was not known.