Chicago Tribune
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CHICAGO — A Chicago Fire Department ambulance returning from a call on the Northwest Side on Friday was involved in a multivehicle crash that injured four people, including two paramedics.
The crash occurred about 10:45 a.m. at Addison Street and Kimball Avenue in the Irving Park neighborhood, Fire Department spokesman Rich Rosado said.
“One of our ambulances was returning home from a run when it was involved in an accident with two other cars,” Rosado said. There were no patients in the ambulance, and it did not have its emergency lights or siren activated at the time of the crash, he said.
The two paramedics in the ambulance were taken in fair condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Rosado said. Two people from the other cars were taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital, also in fair condition. None of the injuries was life-threatening, he said.
Police were investigating the cause of the crash, and information about citations was not immediately available, Officer Laura Kubiak said.