Crime & Safety

Suspected DUI Driver Crashes Into Fire Truck In Los Angeles

The DUI driver was taken to a hospital and was expected to go to jail after being treated, authorities said.

LOS ANGELES, CA — An alleged DUI driver was injured when he crashed his car into the back of a fire truck Saturday evening in the Panorama City area of Los Angeles.

The crash occurred at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Roscoe Boulevard and Woodman Avenue, Los Angeles Police Officer Charles Miller told City News Service.

The alleged DUI driver was taken to a hospital and was expected to go to jail after being treated, Miller said.

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News video from the scene showed the man sitting on a gurney behind the closed door of an ambulance, a firefighter examining a flattened rear tire with a dented rim and a car with major front-end damage.

— City News Service

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