A fire truck plowed into a restaurant east of Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon, injuring at least 15 people including customers and three to four firefighers, according to multiple local media reports.
Pictures coming in from Fire truck crash... Possibly more than 8 injured... #MontereyPark pic.twitter.com/7oe4lVgEa7
— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBCLA) April 16, 2014
Officials said two fire trucks collided sometime after 3 p.m. in Monterey Park, about 10 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. The crash sent one of the rigs plowing into the Lu Dumpling House. Officials had not yet said what caused the collision, though the trucks, which were from different municipalities, were both speeding toward the same nearby house fire.
WATCH @ABC7 Eyewitness News starting at 4 for complete coverage of the fire engine crash in Monterey Park pic.twitter.com/Ne5ynAfbOa
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) April 16, 2014
No fatalities were reported, though some of the victims were seriously injured. Aerial footage showed multiple victims being taken away on stretchers and triage tarps laid out in the area.
Half of the fire truck is inside the Lu Dumpling house here in Monterey Park. @NBCLA pic.twitter.com/nrPEOVnZ0P
— Kenny Holmes (@KHOLMESlive) April 16, 2014