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Updated At 8:07 p.m.

STATE MARSHAL'S

TRUCK CAREENS

INTO 4 VEHICLES

Richfield Springs' Main Street Closed;

 8 Victims In Hospitals, One Airlifted

The state fire marshal's truck that caused all the damage rests against the front steps of the Richfield Springs post office this evening.  The last car it smashed into before coming to a rest is at left.  (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JIM KEVLIN & LIBBY CUDMORE  • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Sheriff Devlin was at the scene this evening, directing the investigation. The Lake and Main intersection is behind him.

RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Nine people were injured and four other vehicles crushed when a state fire marshal's truck careened through this village's Main Street at about 4 p.m. today, coming to a stop when it smashed into the front steps of the Post Office.

The fire marshal's truck was headed east on Main Street when it suddenly accelerated, smashing into one vehicle in the vicinity of Richfield Springs Central School, then a second vehicle at Lake and Main, next to the village's landmark clock.

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