SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KSHV) – Three San Diego firefighters traveling to help rescue efforts in North Carolina are recovering after they were seriously injured in a crash in East Texas.
In a press conference Sunday, Assistant Fire Chief of the San Diego Fire Rescue Department James Gaboury said an emergency vehicle with California Task Force 8 was involved in a crash with a non-emergency vehicle on I-20 near the border of Texas and Louisiana
All three task force members in the vehicle were injured in the crash and airlifted to Ochsner LSU Health Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana.
On Tuesday, the San Diego Fire Rescue Department shared that Capt. Greg Davies, one of the three firefighters injured in the crash, will be released from the hospital. Capt. Davies has been a member of Task Force 8 since 2009, implementing tactical plans and coordinating and overseeing planning activities…