Huffington Post
CHICAGO — A smooth, quick ambulance transport can be the difference between life and death for patients.
Now, troubling questions are being raised about whether a Chicago Fire Department ambulance actually contributed to a man’s demise after it broke down on a city street while transporting a South Side gunshot victim to the hospital.
The April 4 incident was the latest in a string of mechanical problems with Chicago’s ambulance fleet – problems that are putting fire department employees and the public at risk, according to a Better Government Association/CBS2 investigation.
Full story: Chicago Ambulance Breaks Down While Carrying Gunshot Victim, De’Angelo Simmons, Who Later Died