Eight firefighters were injured in a serious highway accident in Southern California on Thursday, authorities said.
Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy said the truck overturned on California State Route 241, just north of Portola Hills.
The vehicle was transporting a ground crew after a 12-hour shift fighting a massive wildfire in Orange County called the Airport Fire.
A staircase in the road caused the truck to veer off course, hit a guardrail and overturn, Fennessy said.
At least one firefighter was airlifted and others were taken to hospitals by ambulance.
“All of the crews involved are going through a formal critical incident stress briefing at our headquarters right now,” Fennessy said. “You can only imagine how traumatic it is for their brother and sister firefighters to see them injured like that on the highway.”
