DALY CITY, Calif. — Two fire trucks heading to battle a Wednesday morning fire collided, heavily damaging the vehicles and sending two firefighters to the hospital.
KTVU reported that residents in the neighborhood said the crash sounded almost like an explosion. The two firefighters that were injured were taken to a hospital in serious condition.
“I see them with a lot of blood on the face,” Angela Guzman told KTVU. “The firefighters — there was a lot of blood and their hands broken.”
One resident said a paramedic on the engine truck almost immediately began attending to his injured colleagues, according to the report.
“My heart goes out to them and their family,” said Favio Sanchez, a Daly City resident who said he’s done volunteer work with the firefighters. “Hopefully they will recover soon.”
The cause of the crash is under investigation.