One person died and another was injured after a fire truck guiding a big rig through a debris-filled area ran them over in West Sacramento, police said Friday.

A dead body discovered Friday by authorities in West Sacramento extinguishing a vegetation fire prompted a death investigation, police said.

Crews were responding to the report of a brush fire along the railroad tracks in the 500 block of Jefferson Boulevard around 11 a.m., using a "spotter" to guide them through a debris-strewn area. That's when the brush truck drove over a carpet on a dirt trail.

A death investigation launched Friday after a fire truck drove over two people during response to a brush fire Friday morning in West Sacramento. At 11 a.m., crews were called to reports of fire burning along the railroad tracks on the Jefferson Boulevard,