The senior firefighter suffered an open lower leg fracture after he was struck by the coupling pulled away from the hydrant.

The firefighter fell to the ground in pain on the side of the road, and a good Samaritan used his car to shield him from traffic until help arrived.

Let’s not let this happen again. Not in KCK, not in KCMO, not anywhere," said KCKFD Assistant Chief Scott Schaunaman.