PA Regional Newswire
NOTTINGHAM, England — An ambulance driver from Nottinghamshire has been charged with drink-driving after he was involved in a seven-vehicle pile-up while answering a 999 call.
Four people received minor injuries in the crash, with one treated for a suspected broken leg and another suffering a suspected fractured pelvis in the collision on the A52 near the Bardills Island in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, on October 23. A third person suffered whiplash.
East Midlands Ambulance Service driver Robert Else, 39, of Broad Oak Drive, Stapleford, has been charged with driving with excess alcohol, a spokeswoman for Nottinghamshire Police said.
He was suspended by East Midlands Ambulance Service (Emas), which also launched an internal investigation into the incident.
At the time of the crash, the ambulance was en route to an emergency call and was not carrying a patient. The person it was on its way to was already being attended by a fast response vehicle and was transported safely to hospital by another ambulance, Emas said.
Else is due to appear before magistrates in Nottingham on December 9.
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