THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING

Horrific crash kills firefighter

Ladder truck goes out of control, strikes building

Firefighters held their helmets over their hearts as Lieutenant Kevin M. Kelley's body was lifted into an ambulance. Firefighters held their helmets over their hearts as Lieutenant Kevin M. Kelley's body was lifted into an ambulance. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)
By Maria Cramer, Michael Levenson, Eric Moskowitz, Donovan Slack, Milton Valencia, and Megan Woolhouse of the Globe staff and Globe correspondents John Guilfoil, Jenna Nierstedt, and Stewart Bishop.
January 10, 2009

E-mail this article

Invalid E-mail address
Invalid E-mail address

Sending your article

Your article has been sent.

Text size – +

A fire engine returning from a routine medical call apparently went out of control on a steep side street, screamed across four lanes of traffic, rammed through a gate, and smashed into a high-rise apartment building, killing a veteran firefighter, critically injuring another, and spraying a half dozen children inside a first-floor computer lab with shards of glass. (Full article: 1240 words)

This article is available in our archives:

Globe Subscribers

FREE for subscribers

Subscribers to the Boston Globe get unlimited access to our archives.

Not a subscriber?

Non-Subscribers

Purchase an electronic copy of the full article. Learn More

  • $4.95 1 article
  • $9.95 4 articles
  • $25.95 Monthly