Firefighters responding to a brush fire in West Sacramento ran over two people, killing one person and injuring another, the police department said, kcra.com reported.
The Yolo County coroner identified the man who was killed as Glenn Stark, 49. The woman, Katie Petrina Mota, was hospitalized after being struck by the truck.
Crews were responding to the report of a brush or vegetation fire along railroad tracks, using a “spotter” to guide them through a debris-strewn area, the report said. That’s when the brush truck drove over a carpet on a dirt trail. Two people were later found under the carpet, according to the report.
The man died and the injured female was taken to UC Davis Medical Center and is in stable condition, officials said.
The fire department personnel involved in the accident will be on paid administrative leave, the police department said.
Ishani Desai
The Sacramento Bee
(TNS)
A dead body discovered Friday by authorities in West Sacramento extinguishing a vegetation fire prompted a death investigation, police said.
Firefighters and police were called just before 11 a.m. to train tracks near Jefferson Boulevard and Sacramento Avenue for a vegetation fire, said Taylor Nelson, a spokeswoman for the West Sacramento Police Department.
Authorities found the body at the scene, Nelson said.
An investigation is underway to determine how the person died and their identity.
