Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
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A structure collapse response is going to be bigger than just your crew, so requesting ample resources early can go a long way as technical rescue teams assemble
The suspected drunk driver fleeing from police crashed through festival barricades and slammed into people outside a nightclub
Many called to report houses blowing up in front of them; 1 woman was killed in the powerful blast that damaged more than 50 homes
A CareFlite helicopter had to make a “precautionary landing” on the way to the hospital; she later died of her injuries
Officials are investigating how her car collided with the ambulance, which was not transporting a patient
A gas leak at a housing complex led to the explosion that killed a woman whose body was discovered on a car near the site
Responders at the scene started to feel nauseated, and a faulty pipe was blamed for the leak that killed a restaurant manager
It’s the 16th avalanche death nationwide so far this winter
He was discovered inside his truck at Harriman State Park where he was on duty snowplowing
He shot his wife and brought her to the hospital where she’s in stable condition, then put a gun to his head after four hours of negotiations
Three were also injured in the third deadly slide in the state in less than a week
The 6-pound, 6-ounce baby boy was delivered by c-section after a pregnant NY woman loading groceries into her car was struck and killed by a snowplow
The father was following his family in a separate vehicle when a motorist blew a stop sign at 60 mph and crashed into his wife and children
Teddy Hickman, 42, was sued in a wrongful-death lawsuit that claims he incorrectly placed an endotracheal tube in an 18-year-old college student
His vehicle left the road, went down an embankment and struck a wall
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
Nathan Allen Smith was an EMT, volunteer firefighter and a veteran who served in Afghanistan; hundreds paid their respects as he was laid to rest
Brian Nagel, 30, was helping to transport a patient when an SUV collided head-on with the ambulance; nearly a month later he will return home
They were towed out of the back country in sleds, driven 10 miles by ambulance and finally take to the hospital by helicopter
The former Texas medic received four years for each of the two counts against her and will be eligible for parole after four years
Raymond Bernard Allison, 52, died when an ambulance crashed on an icy road; the patient and his brother were also killed and the EMT driving was injured
This disturbing footage shows the moments before the Fla. head-on collision that killed the driver of the SUV and four Sigma Beta Rho fraternity brothers
A woman was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and manslaughter; witnesses say she was speeding up to 100 mph
The hits just keep on coming, as the embattled department sees failure after failure
A retired EMT described the scene as “horror;" the 79-year-old accidentally accelerated in reverse and struck people standing together talking in the parking lot
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