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Eight people, including six children, suffered non- life-threatening injuries in a four-vehicle, chain reaction collision tonight in Westminster.
The collision occurred around 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of Beach and Westminster boulevards, said Capt. Ben Gonzales of the Orange County Fire Authority.
An OCFA unit was en route to a medical aid call and approaching the intersection when the collision occurred, he said.
A firefighter told a news photographer at the scene that the chain- reaction collision began when one vehicle stopped for the emergency vehicle and was rear-ended.
The victims complained of neck and back pain and were taken to hospitals, Gonzales said.
Five ambulances responded along with three engines and 15 firefighters, including a battalion chief, Gonzales said.
Westminster police were investigating the crash, he said.
— City News Service