While responding to a reported house fire at Lake Latonka, Plymouth Fire Department's Engine 5 rounded the curve at SR 17 and Sycamore Road, left the roadway, crashed through a guardrail and down an embankment, sheared a utility pole, and rolled over. Five firefighters were trapped inside the vehicle, while the sole survivor of the accident was ejected through the windshield. July 31, 1982, became the blackest day in Plymouth Fire Department's history as five firefighters answered their last call: Alphonse J. Kriscunas, Randall A. Hansen, Dane R. Hoffhien, Brian L. Samuels, and Gary W. Van Vactor.