2 firefighters among 4 injured in violent Pacoima crash, LAFD says

PACOIMA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Four people, including two firefighters, were injured Wednesday morning in a violent crash involving an LAFD ambulance and a civilian vehicle in Pacoima, officials said.

The collision occurred shortly before 11 a.m. in the 12000 block of Osborne Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Two male firefighters were in the ambulance, which was transporting a female patient at the time of the wreck. All three were taken to a local hospital in fair condition.

The impact left a civilian vehicle severely mangled, and several firefighters were seen working to extricate a person from the wreckage.

After the male driver was extricated from the car, he was transported to a local hospital in serious condition.