Dayton Fire Capt. Barry Cron is in serious condition today after a spectacular series of crashes on a bridge along U.S. 35 near Gettysburg Avenue.
Dash cam video shows a pickup truck crash into another vehicle that had already crashed.
Cron approached the truck, which ended up overturned on its passenger side, when another first responder yelled at him to get back because of another vehicle that had lost control and was about to hit the truck.
Cron tried to get away from the crash but the impact pushed the truck into Cron, which threw him onto the nearby guardrail.
"The fire chief says Captain Cron should be released from the hospital in the next day or two. He's expected to make a full recovery."