Two people are dead after a car believed to have been street racing crashed into a fire truck in the Compton area.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Avalon and Compton boulevards, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The agency said two cars were racing down Compton Boulevard when one of them, a PT Cruiser, collided into the fire truck. A man and woman inside that vehicle died at the scene. Four firefighters who were responding to a call suffered minor injuries. Investigators said the fire truck did have its emergency lights on at the time of the crash."They're racing right next to each other and the other car was kind of beating it, but then this car got mad and starting hitting the gas harder," one man said. "Next thing you know, I ... I tried to run and help them, but it was too late for me to help them.
The other driver and car involved in the alleged street race has not been found. Additional details about the incident were not available.
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