Overview
- A Cal Fire engine responding with lights and siren struck a Mini Cooper at the Domenigoni Parkway and State Street intersection in Hemet, causing multiple injuries and deaths.
- The Mini Cooper driver was killed at the scene and a 10-year-old front passenger later died at a hospital; a second juvenile passenger was treated as a precaution.
- The fire engine driver and two firefighters were taken to Inland Valley Hospital for evaluation and have since been released.
- California Highway Patrol investigators say alcohol and drugs are not believed to be factors and they have not released victim names while coroner notifications are completed.
- CHP is seeking witness statements and dashcam footage as it reconstructs the crash, and the case could lead to renewed review of right-of-way and intersection procedures for emergency vehicles.