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Fire chief: Rescue truck hit by car shuts down I-85

Car's driver cut out of vehicle by rescuers

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Fire chief: Rescue truck hit by car shuts down I-85
Car's driver cut out of vehicle by rescuers
Interstate 85 near mile maker 29 was shut down for about two hours Wednesday night following an accident in Anderson County.Piercetown Fire Chief Andrew Massey said that his fire department was responding to a driver whose tire had blown out on the northbound side of I-85 around 7:30 p.m. The department's rescue truck had stopped to help the motorist when an SUV ran into the back of the fire vehicle, Massey said.A passenger in the SUV was taken to the hospital while crews worked to free the driver, who was also hospitalized.South Carolina highway patrol said all lanes were opened on I-85 northbound shortly before 10 p.m. 

Interstate 85 near mile maker 29 was shut down for about two hours Wednesday night following an accident in Anderson County.

Piercetown Fire Chief Andrew Massey said that his fire department was responding to a driver whose tire had blown out on the northbound side of I-85 around 7:30 p.m. 

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The department's rescue truck had stopped to help the motorist when an SUV ran into the back of the fire vehicle, Massey said.

A passenger in the SUV was taken to the hospital while crews worked to free the driver, who was also hospitalized.

South Carolina highway patrol said all lanes were opened on I-85 northbound shortly before 10 p.m.