--- description: A motorcyclist died Wednesday night in a crash with a Tallahassee Fire Department truck. title: 1 Dead in Crash with TFD Firetruck - Fran Haasch Law Group canonical: https://www.lawfran.com/blog/2011/08/1-dead-in-crash-with-tfd-firetruck/ date_published: 2011-08-15T14:03:00+00:00 date_modified: 2023-04-24T14:33:27+00:00 practice_area: blog --- - 1 Dead in Crash with TFD Firetruck - Fran Haasch Law Group # 1 Dead in Crash with TFD Firetruck August 15, 2011 - Attorney, Fran Haasch A motorcyclist died Wednesday night in a crash with a Tallahassee Fire Department truck. The crash occurred at 8:23 p.m. at the [intersection](https://www.lawfran.com/car-accident-lawyers/intersection-accident/) of Tennessee Street and White Drive, TPD spokeswoman Officer Susan Newhouse said. The TFD truck was traveling west on Tennessee responding to a call. Newhouse said the truck had its lights and sirens on. The motorcyclist was traveling south on White when the crash occurred and died at the scene. Newhouse said the investigation was ongoing and did not have information including the identity of the motorcyclist or those in the TFD truck. More than a dozen TPD and TFD vehicles surrounded the scene to investigate. Yellow caution tape cordoned off the westbound lanes of the intersection. TPD vehicles had blocked westbound lanes of Tennessee as far away as Ocala Road as the investigation continued. Tallahassee Democrat Leon County By Derek Redd, Democrat night editor Share the Post: ## Related Posts #### [Economic VS Non-Economic Damages In Tampa Car Accident Cases](https://www.lawfran.com/blog/2026/09/economic-vs-non-economic-damages-in-tampa-car-accident-cases/) What Are Economic and Non-Economic Damages In Tampa Car Accident Cases? 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