A firefighter was driving the engine alone southbound on McKee Road north of East Santa Fe Avenue towards a fire, Lt. Gil Peirson said. A compact car was pulled to the side of the road as drivers typically do for engines with their lights and sirens on.

As the engine approached the car around 8 a.m. the car swerved out in front of the engine, he said. The firefighter turned left to avoid a crash and the engine overturned.

The firefighter had lacerations to his head and he was taken to a local hospital as a precaution, according to Battalion Chief Mark Pimentel. He declined to release the firefighter's name.

Wellington Fire Protection District Engine 1 was responding to an incident on I-25 when it “was struck by another vehicle” going north on the highway, according to the fire department.

No firefighters were injured. The highway was closed in both directions at Owl Canyon.