Firefighters injured after Ice Bucket Challenge accident

Four firefighters in Kentucky were injured Thursday while attempted to spray college students with water for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

The fire truck's aerial ladder came too close to a main power line at Campbellsville University. The ladder did not hit the line, but energy from the line struck two of the firefighters who were in the bucket, said Campbellsville Police Chief Tim Hazlette.

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Police said Capt. Tony Grider, 41, and Simon A. Quinn, 22, were airlifted to University of Louisville Hospital.

Grider, a 16-year veteran of the department, was listed in critical condition and Quinn, a part-time firefighter, was upgraded from serious to fair condition. Both are being treated at the University of Louisville Medical Center Burn Unit.

Also injured were Capt. Steve Marrs, 37, who has been with the department for 11 years, and Alex Johnson, 28, who has been there three years.

No students were harmed.

"A number of our students, of course, the entire marching band, witnessed the event and so we're concerned about them and the tragedy of this accident," said university president Michael Carter.

About 4,500 people lost power for about an hour, including the university, said Natasha Collins, a spokeswoman for Kentucky Utilities, which owns the line.

The Public Service Commission will investigate whether the line had the correct clearance from the ground, trees and structures, said Andrew Melnykovich, a spokesman for the state Public Service Commission.

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a viral social media fundraising campaign that has raised more than $40 million for the ALS Association since the end of July.

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