Arlington's Fire Engine 11

About 3 a.m., the driver of a black SUV slammed into the driver’s side of Engine 11 at a high speed totaling the truck and injuring two firefighters and a lieutenant, said department spokesman Lee Tovar. The firefighters and lieutenant were transported to an area hospital where one was treated for an open head wound, and the other two had minor injuries. All three have been released from the hospital. 

The engine was blocking the scene of a vehicle rollover in the westbound lanes of the 2600 block of East Interstate 30 while personnel from another engine cared for the person involved in the accident.

The driver of the SUV has been  identified as 28-year-old Hugo Humberto Veloz; he was also transported to the hospital and then released into police custody. He is being held in the Arlington City Jail and faces a charge of intoxication assault with a vehicle/serious bodily injury. Bail has been set at $5,000.