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A Conn. couple was on the way to the hospital when her water broke at a red light; the baby was crowning when an ambulance arrived
A Humvee transported the patient to a waiting ambulance, then pulled out the trapped ambulance and fire truck
She was loading groceries into her can and was struck by a plow; medics rushed her to a hospital and her baby boy was delivered by emergency Cesarean section
Snow and sleet grounded more than 6,500 flights nationwide, closed schools, businesses and government centers, and left 1.2 million without power
They were towed out of the back country in sleds, driven 10 miles by ambulance and finally take to the hospital by helicopter
Responders returned to the station when they didn’t see a reported collision; a half hour later an uninjured occupant hiked down the mountain and found help
Cars were carrying hazardous materials including fuel oil and methanol and there were reports of fuel oil leaking
A cop and a nurse stopped to provide medic attention before responders arrived
A dispatcher and medic coached her boyfriend through it after an ambulance crashed on the icy roads and couldn’t reach herk
More than 1,385 wrecks were reported statewide but abandoned cars and multiple emergencies blocked the road; it took two hours for an ambulance to reach an ER less than 10 miles away
At least six people died in traffic accidents as a winter storm walloped southern states
Photos show at least a dozen tractor-trailers jammed together, and there may be more fatalities
Officials cautioned that the water may still have a slight licorice-type odor, raising the anxieties of some who believed it was still contaminated
The 38-year-old waved down a search and rescue helicopter after getting lost in a storm and surviving a night exposed to the elements
He crawled under his cab at a truck stop to fix frozen brakes when the truck suddenly settled deeper into the snow, pinning him beneath an axle; doctors say one more hour would have been fatal
While it’s a cool trick when it freezes, a growing number of people across the country have gone to the ER for serious burns
He was treated at the scene for head lacerations after his car slide on ice and rolled over at least twice
The mercury plunged in places where many people don’t know the first thing about extreme cold
“We never shut down. We can’t. When people call for help, somebody has to respond”
The record-low temperatures bring heightened fears of frostbite, space heaters and other challenges associated with the cold
The three-vehicle collision also involved a fire rescue truck, and was “unavoidable” due to a sheet of ice of the road
Slick roads caused fatal crashes, a woman froze to death and a man was crushed by a 100-foot tall pile of road salt
The success came after days of blinding snow, strong winds, fog and thick sea ice forced rescuers to turn back time and again
The severity of the injuries are unknown after two tornados touched down about 35 miles southwest of Memphis, Tenn.
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