EMS Close Calls
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ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — Rowan County Emergency Medical Services drivers have been involved in two wrecks this week and in both cases, police said the ambulance drivers were at fault.

The week got off to a bad start Monday when a private vehicle struck a Rowan Rescue Squad ambulance that was being operated by county paramedics. The Rescue Squad ambulance was in use because a county ambulance was out of service for repair.

On Tuesday afternoon, during period of very heavy call volume, a county ambulance rear-ended a pickup on N.C. 153 west of Landis, causing a second collision and sending three people to the hospital. The driver, David Bent of New London, was charged with failure to reduce speed. Bent, a paramedic, is a part-time employee who has worked with the county since July 2006.

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