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4 injured in KY ambulance crash

A Rowan County ambulance carrying a critical patient collided with a car in Lexington, sending three others to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while a second ambulance completed the patient’s transport

By Christopher Leach
Lexington Herald-Leader

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Four people were sent to a hospital after a car and an ambulance collided in Lexington on Sunday, according to the Lexington Fire Department.

The crash happened at the intersection of West New Circle Road and North Broadway. The fire department said a Rowan County ambulance was taking a critical patient to a Lexington hospital when the crash occurred.

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A Lexington ambulance finished taking the critical patient to the hospital, according to the fire department. Three other people were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

No other information about the crash was provided.

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