Chicago Daily Herald
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. — A firefighter/paramedic and the driver of a car sustain minor injuries Thursday night when the car collided with a Rolling Meadows ambulance.
About 8:30 p.m., the ambulance and two other Rolling Meadows Fire Department vehicles were on Meacham Road north of Deepwood Lane with their lights and sirens going, on their way an emergency call.
The car pulled over to let the battalion chief’s vehicle pass but then tried to turn left across two lanes of traffic onto Dawngate Lane and struck the side of the ambulance, said police Comdr. Tom Calcagno.
The driver of the car was shaken up when the air bag deployed and decided to go to the hospital. The firefighter/paramedic decided later to check out a possible injury.
The driver of the car, whom police would not identify, was cited with failure to yield when turning left, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle and driving under the influence of drugs.
The ambulance was not carrying any patients at the time.
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