California: • Firefighter hurt when car hits fire engine
A firefighter responding to a vegetation fire Saturday morning was injured after the fire engine he was standing near was struck by a driver in a large pickup truck. Woodbridge Fire Engine 74 was called out to a fire near the southbound on-ramp from Highway 12 to southbound Interstate 5 at about 11:40 a.m., Woodbridge Fire Lt. Dan Schmierer said.
A firefighter, whose name was not released, was outside toward the rear of the engine when a 33-year-old man in a Chevy dually pickup truck — a truck with double tires in the back — crashed into the fire engine, which was stopped on the on-ramp, said officer Dan Sepulveda, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol. The impact knocked the firefighter down an embankment.
It is not believed that he was hit directly by either vehicle, but possibly debris, Sepulveda said. He suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital. Sepulveda said the driver, who is from Galt, had no visibility issues at first, but as he proceeded up the on-ramp, the fire got closer and he was unable to see the fire engine through the heavy smoke.
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