(SC)(Close Call) Police seek tips for truck seen driving through Myrtle Beach fire scene

CAUGHT ON CAMERA! MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Police are looking for a white truck that was caught driving through a first responder barricade at the scene of a fire in Myrtle Beach on Aug. 14.

Moments before the truck drove through, there were two firefighters walking through the scene, police said.

Master Cpl. Thomas Vest said they tracked the truck on traffic cameras but lost it.

Police are asking the community for tips on who this may have been.

This incident happened less than a week after a paramedic was killed while responding to a wreck in Florence County.

A preliminary investigation showed that the driver crashed into three first responders and a motorcyclist on Pamplico Highway and was driving in the wrong direction, according to Major Michael Nunn with the Florence County Sheriff's Office.

Florence County EMS Medic 32-year-old Sara Weaver died as a result of the second crash, Nunn said.

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