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Driver arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing into Sacramento fire engine, police say

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Sacramento police arrested a man Friday night after he crashed into a Sacramento Fire Department fire engine, authorities said.

The man hit the fire truck around 7 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Pell Drive and Main Avenue, which connects to Del Paso Road in North Sacramento’s Pell/Main Industrial Park neighborhood.

According to police, neither the driver nor any members of the Fire Department were injured in the crash. The driver was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a nearby hospital and was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

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Jenavieve Hatch
The Sacramento Bee
Jenavieve Hatch is a former reporter and editor for The Sacramento Bee.
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