Irmo fire truck on way to fire call collides with car

An Irmo Fire Department ladder truck collided with a car Saturday afternoon at St. Andrews and Tram Roads in Lexington County.

The fire truck was enroute to a call on I-26 and had its lights and siren running at the time of the collision at 5:10 p.m., witnesses said.

The truck was heading east on St. Andrews Road. The Ford Taurus was heading south on Tram Road. The collision occured in the intersection, said Crpl Matt Southern of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Two people extracted from the car were taken to a local hospital, Southern said. Their conditions were not known.

The accident remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

This story was originally published July 23, 2016 at 7:19 PM with the headline "Irmo fire truck on way to fire call collides with car."