Fire truck struck by car near Xavier campus

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Avondale traffic: Fire truck struck by car near Xavier University

Updated: 11:25 AM EDT Oct 19, 2022

Authorities are investigating a crash Wednesday morning that involved a fire truck in Avondale near the campus of Xavier University.Click the video player above to watch other morning headlines from WLWT News 5According to Cincinnati police, the fire truck was struck by a passenger vehicle at around 10:30 a.m. on Victory Parkway at the intersection of Rockdale Avenue. Do you have photos or video of this incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and any additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.Police report that no one was injured in the collision.For live traffic updates, click here.This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.

CINCINNATI —

Authorities are investigating a crash Wednesday morning that involved a fire truck in Avondale near the campus of Xavier University.

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According to Cincinnati police, the fire truck was struck by a passenger vehicle at around 10:30 a.m. on Victory Parkway at the intersection of Rockdale Avenue.

Do you have photos or video of this incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and any additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

Police report that no one was injured in the collision.

For live traffic updates, click here.

This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.