Newly-released report on fatal Westport fire truck crash reveals …

Staffing shortages — ”Whose turn was it to drive?”Investigators learned Fire Station 19 did not have a permanent driver. The night of the crash, Richard Purtle the station’s interim driver, was serving as acting captain. Purtle was new to the firehouse and when the call to a fire on Benton Boulevard came in, he asked the crew, “Whose turn was it to drive.”