By Jim Hoffer
ACB 7 NY
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — In an earlier investigation, Eyewitness News reported on two separate accidents involving drivers who fell asleep behind the wheel of a SeniorCare Ambulance, causing the death of one patient and serious injury to a pedestrian. Now, we’ve uncovered a third accident involving the huge Bronx-based company and new video showing the EMT driver dozing off, with deadly results.
One early morning in 2010, a SeniorCare Ambulance driver was transporting Perla Pietrafesa to a Long Island nursing home, with her husband Richard also riding in the back of the ambulance. It was their last time together.
New dashcam video obtained by the Eyewitness News Investigators shows the SeniorCare driver falling asleep behind the wheel before slamming into a tree. The impact killed Richard.
Read full story: The investigators uncover another deadly crash involving the same ambulance company