California: Rodeo: Driver hits fire engine at scene of rollover

A man was hospitalized with major injuries early Sunday after hitting a fire engine at the scene of a rollover accident, officials said. The Rodeo-Hercules Fire Department responded just after 1 a.m. to eastbound Interstate 80 near the Cummings Skyway after reports that a vehicle had flipped, Battalion Chief Christopher Bloch said. Upon arrival, a fire captain positioned his fire engine to protect the scene from oncoming traffic.

The fire engine was parked about 200 feet in front of the accident scene, blocking the third lane while the California Highway Patrol blocked the fourth, Bloch said. At 1:53 a.m., an oncoming vehicle hit the firetruck despite a sizable flare pattern leading up to the accident scene.