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Ky. EMS provider, 2 others injured in 3-vehicle crash involving cow

Monticello Fire Department crew members extricated a Wayne County EMS provider from the ambulance

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By Leila Merrill
FireRescue1/EMS1 Staff

WAYNE COUNTY, Ky. — An EMS provider and two other people were hospitalized after an accident early Monday involving a cow, a Wayne County ambulance and two other vehicles.

At least one of the injured people is an EMS provider who had to be extricated from the ambulance, WTVQ reported.

Monticello Fire Department crew members responded and said the wreck happened just after 2 a.m. on East Highway 90 near Cumberland Green.

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Firefighters said the cow on the road was struck and killed, causing a head-on collision between the ambulance and other vehicles.

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