Two people were injured today in a collision between a car and a Christiana Fire Company ladder truck on U.S. 40 in Bear. The civilian driver drove around cars yielding for the ladder, and struck it. All members belted in. The civilian driver was reported to be on their cell phone at the time of the crash.

The crash happened about 1300 as the truck was responding to an apartment fire.

The two people in the car reportedly were trapped briefly but then taken to Christiana Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. There were no injuries on the fire apparatus.