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Detroit ambulance T-boned by SUV; 2 paramedics hurt

The ambulance was transporting a patient to the hospital at the time of the crash

By EMS1 Staff

DETROIT — Two paramedics were injured in an ambulance crash Sunday night.

Detroit News reported that an SUV hit the ambulance while it was transporting a woman with chest pain to the hospital, according to Deputy Fire Commissioner Dave Fornell.

Fornell said the SUV “wound up quite a distance” after the crash. Both the vehicle and the ambulance were totaled.

Police said the woman driving the SUV was speeding; she was taken to the hospital in serious condition.

The paramedics reported back and neck pain, but have been released from the hospital.