An unidentified man driving a white Toyota Corolla was in the wrong place at the wrong time. On March 31, around 10:45 a.m., a fire engine from the Los Angeles Fire Department was responding to an emergency. Lights, sirens, and quick maneuvers around cars signaled to those close by that it was on the move.

Suddenly, the fire truck collided with the Corolla while crossing an intersection, hitting the car on the driver’s side. The driver was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Two firefighters who were in the truck were also taken in for treatment, though no serious injuries were reported.

LAFD Captain Cody Weireter wrote in a press release to the media that the department was actively investigating the crash.

“They were responding with lights and sirens in the incident — all the information surrounding this is still under investigation, with exactly what direction and where the vehicle was traveling at that time,” he said, quoted by CBS.

A nearby business owner saw everything

Luis Gomez owns Gomlo Metal Supply, a business just across the street from where the accident happened. He saw a man run across the street to open the door to pull them out.

“I saw him run across the street, and he opened the door of the passenger’s side while the firefighters were getting ready. Then a few seconds later [paramedics] showed up and took the guy out of the passenger’s side,” he said.

From his storefront, he couldn’t tell whether or not the driver was injured. But he could tell it was serious.

“From my point of view, it didn’t look like he was bleeding or something, but he looked unconscious,” he said.

Viewers think the driver failed to make way for the fire truck

Since the accident is actively being investigated, not a lot of details were released. No one knows which way the Corolla was driving, how fast it was going, or how fast the fire truck was going. Many assumed the Corolla had neglected to move out of the way.

“A lot of drivers don’t pull over to the side to allow firefighters or police to go by anymore,” one viewer wrote.

Another said it was obvious the fire truck was driving way too quickly—even with its lights and sirens on.

“If the fire truck was just driving a little slower before entering the intersection, he could’ve made it to his call,” they wrote. “Now it’s a lose-lose situation for both the original call and the death of a young man… You don’t drive a fire truck like you own the road.”

Someone else wrote that it was just an unfortunate accident.

“They need to remote control traffic lights for creating a clear path for the fire department,” they wrote. “The poor dude was probably blasting music in his car and got T-Boned to death.”