LE MARS, Iowa (KCAU) – Dozens of firefighters from around the Siouxland area, and beyond, spent their weekend learning and practicing what to do when commercial vehicles get into major accidents.

Starting on Friday, firefighters from around the Siouxland area like Le Mars, Hinton, and Sioux City gathered outside the City of Le Mars with an organization called Crossroads Training to learn how to handle accidents with vehicles like semis and school buses.

"We spend the first day sitting up and building skills, so we give them a skill set, we teach them the skills that they need to be able to complete complex scenarios. And then the second day, we set up those complex scenarios and put them through those scenarios and allow them to practice those and be able to become proficient at it," sai

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