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Md. ambulance slides on ice; hits 2 pedestrians

Ambulance unable to stop on ice-covered road; striking woman that had fallen and bystander helping her

SILVER SPRING, Md. — A Montgomery County ambulance slid across an ice patch late Tuesday evening, striking the two pedestrians it was responding to for help.

First responders initially responded to Cameron Hill Court in Silver Spring around 9 p.m. for an injured woman who slipped on the ice. That woman, along with a helper, was struck when the ambulance hit a patch of ice at the bottom of a hill and slid.

The woman who initially fell was hospitalized with serious injuries. The other pedestrian was also injured, but is expected to be OK.

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