Stockton, CA : 1 person dead, 3 firefighters injured when SUV slams into fire truck near Myrtle and Filbert streets on Tuesday, April 28, 2015

A person was killed and three firefighters were injured when an SUV slammed into a fire engine in Stockton.

KCRA reports Tuesday that the Stockton firefighters had minor injuries, according to Stockton police.

The SUV was heading west onto a freeway onramp and the fire truck was traveling north on a side street when the crash occurred Tuesday morning.

The gender, name and age of the SUV passenger who was killed were not released. The driver was taken to a hospital but the nature of the driver's injuries, if any, were not released.

The fire truck was responding to a medical call at an elementary school at the time of the wreck. It is unclear if the fire engine had its lights or sirens activated.

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1 dead, 3 firefighters injured in crash in California


Stockton, CA : 1 person dead, 3 firefighters injured when SUV slams into fire truck near Myrtle and Filbert streets on Tuesday, April 28, 2015