Complex sentence: On Monday 14 April 1997 Bargo Fire Brigade struck a close call to tragedy, when the brigade's Category 1 tanker was involved in a free-way pile up on the Hume Highway.
Split into simpler sentences: On Monday 14 April 1997 Bargo Fire Brigade struck a close call to trajedy. It's Cat 1 tanker was involved in a freeway pile up on the Hume Highway.