BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Bakersfield city firefighters needed some help themselves as they responded to a rollover crash Wednesday along Highway 178.
Video from the scene showed a driver colliding into a Bakersfield Fire Department engine parked along the side of the roadway as firefighters were attempting to pull the first driver out of their vehicle.
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Firefighters were called to the first crash just after 12:30 p.m., in eastbound lanes of Highway 178 near the Oswell Street onramp. A vehicle rolled over landing in a bushy embankment. One person needed to be pulled out of the vehicle and they were taken to a hospital for treatment.
While on the first call, a second vehicle crashed into the side of the fire engine. No firefighters were hurt but the driver of the second vehicle had minor injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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