Two firefighters from the Walnuttown Fire Company, Chief Jeff Buck and Assistant Chief Robert Shick Jr., died in a head-on collision with a car in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, officials said.
They were searching for a missing woman when the crash occurred, roughly 45 miles (72km) northwest of Philadelphia.
The fire company members were heading north in a utility vehicle on Route 222 when they were struck by a southbound Toyota Camry, according to the Berks County Coroner.
NBC Philadelphia reported the utility vehicle was on the shoulder when the Camry swerved off the road.
Police told the station that a male and female in the Camry fled the scene but were later arrested. Video from the crash scene showed the utility vehicle on its side.
No further details about the arrests or the search for the missing woman were immediately available on Sunday.
A call and an email seeking information were made to the Fleetwood Police Department.
Autopsies on the firefighters, both residents of Fleetwood, were scheduled for Monday.
“At this time we would like to send our thoughts and prayers” to the Shick and Buck families, the Walnuttown Fire Company said in a Facebook post. “Rest easy chiefs, we got it from here.”
