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Dash cam: Sedan ran red light in Calif. ambulance rollover

Footage shows the car colliding into the ambulance; four were hurt and a medic who suffered the most serious injuries has been released from the hospital

NBC Los Angeles

SIGNAL HILL, Calif. — A paramedic who was treating a patient in the back of an ambulance when it collided with a car was released from the hospital Monday evening.

Alex Wong, 20, was seated in the back of a CARE ambulance Monday when the crash happened. The ambulance was taking a patient from Long Beach Memorial Hospital to Long Beach Community Hospital when the crash happened.

Ambulance dash cam video obtained by NBC4 showed a black sedan running a red light and colliding into the ambulance, tossing it on its side.

Read full story: Paramedic in Ambulance Rollover Crash Leaves Hospital