By Mark Arner and Jeanette Steele
The San Diego Union-Tribune
MIRA MESA, Calif. — San Diego firefighter Jonathan Bowens got hit by a truck — his own big red fire engine — early Sunday morning, spent several hours at the hospital before shrugging off the pain and heading back to work.
“It’s just a little sore; it’s not debilitating,” Bowens said in an interview. “A little Alleve and ibuprofen and I’ll be fine in a couple days.”
About midnight Sunday, Bowens and his colleagues stopped on northbound Interstate 15, just north of Mira Mesa Boulevard, for a traffic accident. Fire Engine 44 was parked at an angle to block two lanes on the right side of the freeway and protect the driver inside a sedan that had just rolled over. Bowens, who was among a crew of four firefighters, was placing safety cones on the freeway to warn oncoming drivers.
Full story: A car hit the rear bumper of the fire engine, causing it to slam into him and toss him into the air