Two firefighters were injured when a wrong-way driver slammed head-on into their engine on Interstate 5 near downtown San Diego Thursday morning, according to California Highway Patrol.
A San Diego Fire-Rescue truck was responding to a pedestrian hit-and-run crash at about 2 a.m. when a Toyota Carolla, traveling the wrong way on I-5 at State Route 94, slammed into it, CHP said.
The driver of the Toyota, only identified as a man in his 30s, was killed in the crash.
CHP said four firefighters were taken to the hospital. SDFD spokesperson Monica Munoz said the firefighters were evaluated and while two of their crew members were injured, none required hospitalization.