A man was taken to hospital on Saturday after his car was hit by a fire truck rushing to an emergency.

The 59-year-old Sandys Parish man was taken to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital with minor chest injuries following the accident, Police said yesterday.

The accident took place at 3.50 p.m. on Middle Road, Sandys, at the junction with Woodlawn Road after the car pulled into the path of the fire truck, said the spokesman.

The man's car was extensively damaged, but the fire truck only suffered bumper damage, the spokesman added.