By Jennifer Johnson
Pioneer Press Newspapers
PARK RIDGE, Ill. — No injuries were reported in a crash that involved a Chicago Fire Department ambulance and a sport utility vehicle Friday morning in Park Ridge, police said.
The ambulance, which was transporting a patient, was headed north on Cumberland Avenue around 8:30 a.m. when it hit the SUV at Belle Plaine Avenue, said Park Ridge Deputy Police Chief Lou Jogmen.
The SUV, a silver Jeep Cherokee, was headed east on Belle Plaine, Jogmen said, and it ended up on the lawn of a home at the northeast corner of the intersection, which is four-way stop for traffic.
Jogmen said he was told the ambulance had its lights and sirens activated at the time of the crash. Park Ridge paramedics responded to the scene and completed the transport of the ambulance’s patient, he added.
A man who identified himself as the husband of the Jeep’s driver said his wife was not hurt and was not taken to the hospital.
It was not immediately known if any citations were issued.
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