Riverside, CA, Firefighter Struck Pumping Fire Apparatus at Brush Fire
By Brian Rokos
Source The Press-Enterprise
A Riverside firefighter was hospitalized Monday, June 23, after a car struck him and a fire engine as he pumped water being used to extinguish a brush fire.
The firefighter, an engineer, suffered what Battalion Chief Bruce Vanderhost described as moderate injuries. He remained hospitalized Tuesday. No other information about him was made available.
The engineer was one of 29 firefighters who responded to the 2800 block of Canyon Springs Parkway just before 6 p.m. as a fire burned behind a Best Buy and along the eastbound 60 Freeway at Day Street near the Moreno Valley border.
The engineer was at the pump controls when he and the fire engine were struck.
The driver of the car was not reported injured.
A California Highway Patrol spokesperson could not be reached Tuesday to discuss the cause of the crash.
The fire burned less than a half-acre. Investigators could not determine the cause, Vanderhorst said.
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