A pregnant woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Tuesday after the car she was in allegedly ran a red light and hit a fire truck in Lancaster, throwing her from the vehicle, officials said.
The woman was riding in the back seat of the car when it collided with the fire truck at the intersection of 10th Street West and Newgrove Street (map) about 2 p.m., Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said.
The woman, believed to be six to seven months pregnant, was ejected from the car. She was taken to a hospital.
Two other people in the car and a firefighter suffered minor injuries.
The fire truck was responding to a call of a person in distress at the time of the crash, officials said.
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