Two firefighters in a utility vehicle searching for a missing woman along a Pennsylvania road were killed in a head-on collision, officials said.
Two members of the Walnuttown Fire Company, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Philadelphia, were killed when a Toyota Camry they were driving collided around 6 p.m. Saturday. Fire Chief Jeff Buck and Assistant Fire Chief Robert Shick Jr. were traveling north when they were struck by a sedan traveling south on Route 222, according to the Berks County Coroner.
NBC Philadelphia reports that the Camry was driving on the shoulder of Route 222 when it swerved off the road. A man and a woman who were in the Camry when it crashed ran away and were later arrested, police told the department.
Video from the accident scene shows the utility vehicle rolling onto its side.
No further details about the arrest or search for the missing woman were immediately released Sunday.
We have called the Fleetwood Police Department and sent emails seeking information.
Autopsies on both firefighters, who were both Fleetwood residents, are scheduled for Monday.
“We would like to express our thoughts and prayers to the Hick and Buck families at this time,” the Walnut Township Fire Company said in a Facebook post. “Chiefs, rest assured, we got it from here.”
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