Cheyenne firefighters used a ladder truck to reach a driver stuck in floodwater
A broken water main flooded Gregg Way before dawn. The driver climbed onto the stuck truck, and Cheyenne Fire Rescue brought him down with an aerial ladder. No one was hurt.
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A man driving on Gregg Way in Cheyenne around 6 a.m. Saturday met a pool of water from a broken water main, Cap City News reported, citing Cheyenne Fire Rescue. The water was deeper than he expected. His truck got stuck. He climbed on top of it and waited.
Battalion 1, Engine 4, and Ladder 1 were sent. The crew used Ladder 1's aerial ladder to reach him and bring him down. The department said no one was injured. Cheyenne Fire Rescue described the call as work that took skill and teamwork in conditions that were not an ordinary fire. The account stops at that safe ending. It does not name the driver.
For the classroom
Early Saturday morning in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a broken water main left Gregg Way under water. A man drove his truck into that water and got stuck. He climbed on top of the truck and waited. Cheyenne Fire Rescue sent a ladder truck. Firefighters used the long aerial ladder to reach him and bring him down. No one was hurt. The department said the crews used skill and teamwork, even though the call was not a fire. Water over a road can be deeper than it looks. Waiting for the firefighters was the safe choice.
- Why did the driver climb on top of the truck?
- What did the firefighters use to reach him?
- What is a safe choice if a street is covered in water?
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