The driver behind the wheel of a Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department pumper truck at the time of the deadly December 2021 crash in Westport is owed back pay and can resume driving for the department, an arbitrator affirmed earlier this month.

Dominic Biscari was driving KCFD Pump 19 with its emergency sirens and lights activated when he entered the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and Westort Road against a red light. The truck collided with a Honda SUV that became stuck in the front bumper of the fire truck. The two vehicles careened into cars parked along Broadway before striking a building.

Jennifer San Nicolas, the driver of the Honda SUV hit by the pumper truck, and her passenger, Michael Elwood, died in the crash. Tami Knight, a pedestrian walking on the sidewalk by the buildi

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