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2 Calif. firefighters hurt after fire truck overturns

The injured firefighters, who were taken to the hospital, were conscious and alert following the incident

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Two firefighters were injured after a fire truck overturned Tuesday morning during a training exercise.

NBC San Diego reported that fire crews were training around 9:40 a.m. off road in a field when the rig veered off a dirt road and crashed.

An ambulance crew took the injured firefighters, who were conscious and alert following the accident, to a hospital. Their conditions were not immediately available, though at least one of them appeared to have suffered only minor injuries, according to Fox 5 San Diego.

Additional details of the crash, including the cause, were not immediately released.