Riverside County Fire engine in traffic accident - One dead

Video of crash scene
Update Firefighter injuries: Three firefighters injured - Three firefighters were injured. Two of them sustained moderate to minor injuries and remained hospitilized. The third, a fire captain, was treated for a head laceration and was released, Herrera said.
Two FD personnel transported to Riverside Community Hospital where they underwent evaluation. Preliminary indications are no serious injuries, experiencing blunt force trauma pain only. Anticipate treat and release at this time.
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Update: 0506 - RVCFD E17 - TC - Riverside County fire Capt. Julie Hutchinson said one person in the passenger vehicle was killed and two firefighters suffered "moderate" injuries.
The circumstances of the collision were under investigation. The fire truck was on its way to a call for service when the collision occurred, said fire Capt. Fernando Herrera.

Update: Fire Capt. Fernando Herrera said the accident occurred shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday when Engine No. 17 was heading to a traffic collision.
Herrera said the fire truck, which had its lights and sirens on, collided with the pickup at an intersection in Mira Loma, about 50 miles east of Los Angeles.

The single occupant of the civilian vehicle was declared a fatality at the scene.
One civilian dead, Two firefighters injured.

One killed in crash between pickup, fire engine in Mira Loma

A man was killed this morning when his pickup crashed into a fire engine responding to an injury accident in Mira Loma.

The fire truck was on its way to a collision on Etiwanda Avenue at Bellgrave Avenue when it passed through an intersection at Van Buren Boulevard. It collided with a Dodge Ram truck in the center of the intersection, according to California Highway Patrol officer Sylvia Mosley. The driver side of the pickup was crushed against the passenger side of the fire engine.

The pickup's driver died at the scene. A firefighter in the front passenger seat suffered broken bones while a firefighter in the rear passenger seat complained of pain, Mosley said. Both were taken by ambulance to a local hospital.

Mosley noted the fire engine was headed south in northbound lanes with its lights and sirens on prior to the crash.

Authorities are continuing to investigate the crash.
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