3 firefighters injured when firetruck collides with SUV, flips onto its side in southern Illinois

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a firetruck responding to a fire at a fast-food restaurant crashed into an SUV and rolled onto its side Tuesday in southern Illinois, injuring three firefighters. Belleville fire Chief Stephanie Mills says the firetruck collided about 5:50 a.m. with an SUV near Belleville East High School and flipped onto its side. Mills tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the SUV’s occupant was not injured in the crash, but three firefighters suffered minor injuries. Two of them were treated and released from a hospital, while the third was still undergoing tests. Illinois State Police are investigating the crash. Belleville is about 15 miles southeast of St. Louis.