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February 28, 2012

Dog walker struck, killed by ambulance in Ky.

Ambulance was transporting a patient on a non-emergency call in Owsley County

OWSLEY COUNTY, Ky. — A man walking his dog was struck and killed by an ambulance in Ky. on Monday afternoon.

The ambulance was transporting a patient on a non-emergency call in Owsley County, when the man entered the road and was hit, according to Lex18.com.

An investigation is under way into the cause of the crash. No one in the ambulance was injured.

The dog remains missing after the accident.
 


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Brenden Murphy Brenden Murphy Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:38:16 PM well finish the story was he at fault or ambulance crew injuries or not.
Heather Lee Heather Lee Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:08:56 PM Thoughts and prayers to the victims family as well as the crew. I hope they can all recover emotionally from this.....
Carolyn Hjort Carolyn Hjort Wednesday, February 29, 2012 6:48:21 AM How sad, it seems someone or both were distracted maybe both on there cells? it will be interesting to see the final outcome...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:11:38 AM Pedestrians always have right of way regardless of fault.
Justin Stephens Justin Stephens Wed Feb 29 17:40:27 PST 2012 True but they also need to look before entering a road where there might be traffic. I live in Las Vegas and it happens all the time because ppl don't look. Ppl should not always have the right of way do to, if someone steps off the curb in or out of a cross walk that a 3 to 5000lb vehicle is just going to stop along with everybody behind them and cause a bigger acident right there, sorry not happening. Ppl need to pull their heads out of their asses and unglue the damn cell phone from their ear.
Craig LeBlanc Craig LeBlanc Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:39:20 AM It sounds like he was crossing the road and didn't see the ambulance coming. There is no crosswalk there or any intersections. As long as speed wasn't a factor, it sounds like the medics are not at fault.
Bryant Woodard Bryant Woodard Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:43:06 PM Carolyn Hjort wrote, "How sad, it seems someone or both were distracted maybe both on there cells?" and Justin Stephens wrote, "Ppl need to pull their heads out of their a**#s and unglue the d@! n cell phone from their ear." I have read and watched the story twice, no where was a cell phone mentioned being used by anyone involved. Facts that we know (1) It occured in the late afternoon before 6:00 pm (2) It occured right in front of the victim's house (3) The victim struck the driver's side of the ambulance which would place him close to the double yellow line (4) the ambulance was heading West bound with patient onboard and (5) the ambulance was not running with it's lights and siren. There are several things that could have come into play, some of which could be misjudgement of the speed of the ambulance by the victim thinking he had enough time to get across the roadway before the vehicle made it to him, the victim may not have seen the ambulance in time due to the terrain (was it on a curve or a hill or a stright and flat roadway) and the visibility of the ambulance operator being obscured by the sun. I feel that at least one, if not all three of these things are more likely to be factors than a cell phone.
Corey J Sagstuen Corey J Sagstuen Friday, March 02, 2012 9:28:17 PM there is no place of blame for F sake! Armchairs always have the prefect answer........ The crew and no doubt the driver of the truck where doing what they where called to do, and in this case it was to transport a patient to a facility. There are a number of factors that the police will look at. What does appear to be a bad choice was walking on a road way that appears to have Hwy speeds, regardless for the crew or the Person struck, at those speeds not much is going to slow down an ambulance. Should anyone be walking on such a high speed road...no, it happens around here all the time, could the driver have seen this individual...sure and at that speed I am sure he had a a few sec's if that to decide...a bad call would have resulted in a dynamic roll and loss of control, then you would have a crew down with a Pt....and chances are a few in the ambulance would have been killed. It is a shitty deal all the way around, lets hope that there are positive lessons learned, family's will find time to talk and reflect. the deceased family will get answers and closure. All the best to all involved.
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