Fund Set Up For Palm Harbor Fire Lieutenant Struck By Truck

Palm Harbor FL

23 September, 2021

4:41 PM

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PALM HARBOR, FL — A donation fund has been set up for the Palm Harbor Fire Rescue lieutenant who is in critical condition after being struck by a pickup truck Wednesday. At 3:19 a.m., firefighters were called to a vehicle crash in the northbound lanes of U.S. 19 and Innisbrook Drive. Upon their arrival, two fire trucks were blocking the left turn lane, inside lane and inside center lane when a GMC Denali pickup truck traveling north at a high speed struck the right sides of both fire trucks. The pickup truck continued north and struck a 38-year-old Lt. Ashley White, who was standing near the two crashed cars. The Florida Highway Patrol said the pickup truck then rotated and struck a fire hydrant. White's fellow firefighters provided aid before transporting her to Bayfront Hospital for multiple injuries. She remains in the intensive care unit in critical-but-stable condition after undergoing surgery Wednesday afternoon. The driver of the Denali, a 26-year-old Ironton, Ohio, man was taken to AdventHealth North Pinellas where he was pronounced dead. Donations and well wishes for White can be dropped off at Station 65, 250 West Lake Road. See related story: Firefighter Critical After Being Struck By Pickup At Crash Scene