It happened as the fire truck was responding to a report of a vegetation fire near the Union Pacific train tracks. According to radio dispatches reviewed by The Sacramento Bee, personnel from “Brush 44” were called at 10:50 a.m. to a homeless encampment on the 500 block of Jefferson for a campfire that had grown out of control amid strong winds.

A fire engine ran over two people in West Sacramento, killing one person and injuring another, authorities said. The fire engine was responding to reports of a brush fire along railroad tracks Friday when it “drove over a carpet” that was apparently shrouding two people,

A fire truck responding to a fire in West Sacramento drove over two people, killing one and injuring the other.