If you get into a car accident and 911 is called, you may get billed for the emergency response.
Cash-strapped communities are sending out bills to cover the costs of fire trucks responding to crashes. As CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini reports, often times it does not matter whether you caused the accident or are the victim.
Cary Feldman received one of these bills last summer. He was driving his motor scooter in Chicago Heights when he was struck from behind. He was fine, but someone else called 911, and a fire truck was sent to the scene.
Feldman says it was unnecessary.
"There was no fire, there was no explosion, there was no debris," Feldman said. "From what I saw, they came, they saw, and they left."
The fire department then sent him a $200 bill for that fire truck response.
"We're paying taxes for these services," said Feldman. "We don't need to have a second tax."
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