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Firefighter seriously injured during collision response

BREMERTON, Wash. — A 50-year-old Bremerton firefighter was seriously injured while responding to a crash early Saturday, officials said.

At around 2 a.m. first responders were called to Washington Avenue and 11th Street, where a vehicle had hit a parked car.

Officials said while firefighters were helping the driver, somehow her car went into reverse, pinning a firefighter between the driver’s vehicle and an officer’s patrol car.

The firefighter suffered compound fractures to his legs and was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where he underwent surgery, firefighters said.

Sometime around 1 p.m., officials reported that the firefighter’s surgery had gone well and that he could possibly be released from the hospital within a few days.

It is not known what led to the crash and the pinning of the firefighter, but there is an ongoing investigation.