Independence Fire-EMS responded to motor vehicle accident behind the Fire-EMS station at 11:17 am Sunday, February 25.

 Reports indicate that a full-sized pick-up truck struck the back of the station. Fire-EMS quickly responded with fire and ems units and began treating an entrapped occupant. Medflight was requested to the scene to transport the patient. Fire-EMS extricated and moved the patient to the helipad for transport. A dumpster and fencing stopped the vehicle form entering the fire station where on-duty firefighters were seated at a table inside the building. Debris from the truck was found next to the building and one firefighter reported seeing a dumpster “fly above the canopy roof,” when the accident happened.

No names have yet been released. The Independence Police Department is investigating the cause of the accident.