Vehicle Crashes
The vehicle crashes topic contains news about single or multiple car crashes, ambulance crashes as well as vehicular risks and challenges to EMS providers.
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Ambulance collisions, which happen with frightening regularity, often result in injury and are occasionally fatal, especially for private vehicle drivers
Madison police say a driver went around a fire truck that was blocking an intersection for an ambulance and collided with the rig
A Kansas City Fire Department ambulance was hit by a tractor-trailer on US 169 while responding to a call
A falling interstate sign crushed a vehicle on I-77 South, seriously injuring two people and forcing a seven-hour shutdown
Two fire personnel and a driver were injured when a car struck a Fairfax County ambulance, killing a passenger in the car
A Dickeyville man accidentally shot himself in the ankle with a crossbow while preparing to hunt, then passed out and crashed while trying to drive to Grant Regional Health Center
Tulsa City Council has approved a plan allowing the fire department to charge insurance companies of at-fault drivers $710 to $1,865 per response
Gaston County EMS Paramedic Mary Jolly was fatally struck after she stopped to assist at a five-vehicle crash
A bus carrying teens and young adults from Our Lady of Guadalupe in Santa Ana overturned on a winding San Bernardino Mountain highway, injuring 26 and sending 20 to hospitals
A passenger transport struck a concourse dock at Washington Dulles International Airport, sending 18 people to hospitals
A small plane headed to Jamaica for hurricane relief went down shortly after takeoff from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport
Police say the 22-year-old driver was fleeing state troopers when he struck more than a dozen people outside a popular nightlife spot in Tampa
A man escorted out of Loretto Hospital stole an idle Cicero ambulance, triggering a police pursuit that included gunfire and ended in multiple crashes and several injuries
NTSB says airport video shows the left engine falling off during takeoff from UPS Worldport
A UPS cargo plane bound for Honolulu crashed and exploded after takeoff in Louisville, killing at least seven and injuring 11
A fire chief, police officer and race volunteer were killed in two separate incidents at the Hartshorne H-Town Throwdown
Penn State Health has treated more child e-bike and scooter injuries in 2025 than in the past three years combined
Novi PD says a man carjacked a Medstar ambulance with a paramedic and patient inside, crashed into another vehicle, then fled on foot and tried to disarm responding officers
Video released by the Fort Worth Police Department shows an officer and bystanders working to free the child before rendering medical aid; the baby is expected to recover
The Medstar unit was taken from a crash scene in Novi, leading to another crash and fire that injured four people
Eight children were among those injured in the Bladensburg hit-and-run crash
One person died after a Polk County Fire Rescue ambulance collided with a vehicle while responding to a call
REACH Pilot Chad Millward, Paramedic Margaret Davis and Flight Nurse Susan Smith were rescued after the helicopter went down moments after departing UC Davis Medical Center
A REACH medical helicopter experienced an “in-air emergency” and crashed onto a Sacramento highway, trapping one crewmember
The stolen rig ran a red light, struck another vehicle and was slowed by spike strips
Two Lee County EMS medics were injured when their ambulance crashed into a tree
Police say the driver stepped away to check seating just before the bus went through a guardrail and landed on its side
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