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Hall County reimbursed for firetruck involved in July training accident
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Sutphen, the manufacturer of a firetruck involved in a July accident that seriously injured three Hall County firefighters, has now reimbursed the county for the purchase cost of the truck and taken possession of the rig, according to documents obtained by The Times and interviews with county officials. In addition, two investigations have found no fault on the part of Hall County officials related to the accident. During a training exercise, firefighters TJ Elliott, Stephen Jackson and Will Griffin suffered back and spinal injuries when the bucket they were standing in atop a firetruck ladder fell 44 feet. “... The top three sections of the fully extended ladder collapsed onto the second section when, apparently, the cables supporting the extension of the ladder failed,” wrote County Attorney Bill Blalock in a Sept. 16 letter to Sutphen.