IRVINE, Calif.—A half-dozen members of an Orange County Fire Authority hand crew who were injured in a rollover crash while leaving the Airport Fire lines remained hospitalized Friday, at least four of them in critical condition.
“We’ve got a tough road ahead,” OCFA Chief Brian Fennessy told reporters at a Friday morning briefing outside Orange County Global Medical Center in Irvine. “Many of the injured are going to be hospitalized for quite a while.”
Eight firefighters were injured when a transport truck carrying the hand crew swerved and rolled over on the northbound Foothill (241) Toll Road in Irvine around 6:50 p.m. Thursday. Fennessy said the crew was heading back to the Airport Fire command post after completing a 12-hour shift on the fire line….