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NJ ambulance collision hospitalizes 6

An ambulance, running lights and sirens, collided with 2 other vehicles and tipped on its side

DUMONT, N.J. — The ambulance, transporting a patient with its lights and sirens on, collided with two other vehicles near an intersection and landed on its side Monday morning.

Six people were taken to area hospitals — two with serious injuries — following the collision involving the Guardian Ambulance, reported the Cliffview Pilot.

The patient in the ambulance was treated for shortness of breath. A seventh person involved in the collision declined treatment.

Multiple agencies responded to the incident, including Dumont volunteer ambulance, Creskill EMS and Englewood EMS.

Police are investigating the collision.