One of 3 California firefighters seriously injured in Texas crash while heading to hurricane released from hospital – The Mercury News

A San Diego Fire-Rescue Department captain — one of three firefighters hurt in a crash early Sunday while going with a 48-member team to assist in hurricane relief — was released from a Louisiana hospital on Tuesday, officials said.

Capt. Greg Davies was injured in the crash on Interstate 20 in East Texas when the Ford F-350 he was riding in, a Fire-Rescue vehicle, was involved in a collision with a civilian vehicle. They were heading to North Carolina as part of Urban Search & Rescue California Task Force 8.

The other two who were hurt and remain hospitalized are Battalion Chief Aide Barbat and Capt. Jesse Schultz. The families have requested privacy and asked that no medical information be shared with the media at this time, a department spokesperson said.

The three were life-flighted to a hospital in Shreveport, La., following the crash, which occurred around 2:45 a.m. in East Texas. The rest of the team has been staying in hotels in the area since the crash.

San Diego Fire-Rescue Chief Robert Logan talks with members of a 48-member team that was heading to North Carolina to assist in hurricane rescues when one of the fire department’s vehicles was involved in a crash. Three team members were hospitalized Sunday. (San Diego Fire-Rescue Department) 

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