Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
A gut check on the serious business of billing for patients deceased on scene
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
Designating specific roles and other tips to make the hardest part of the job a bit easier
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
Defense lawyers intend to prove that Terri Elmore, who had a BAC of 0.20, was not drunk in a crash that killed a Texas pastor and his wife
Lt. Kellene Davis was placed on administrative leave and it is unclear if she will face disciplinary action
A cop and a nurse stopped to provide medic attention before responders arrived
In his journal he apologized for what he was planning to do, but gave no specifics
Investigators are searching for a motive after Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, shot and killed two skateboard shop workers before turning the gun on himself
Photos show at least a dozen tractor-trailers jammed together, and there may be more fatalities
The details call into question whether EMTs were forced to wait longer than necessary to attend to TSA Officer Gerardo Hernandez, who died of a gunshot wound
Neighbors say the light slowed people down, and are even angrier now that speed has been determined a factor in a crash that killed off-duty EMT Michael Burke
Surveillance footage clearly shows a Mercedes-Benz running a stop sign and clipping an ambulance, causing it to flip over in a crash that killed a 58-year-old patient and injured a medic
The medic and driver of a sedan that ran a red light were hospitalized; the ambulance was transporting a patient from her dialysis appointment
An 11-year-old girl was also flung from the vehicle and died; their five children were hospitalized after the collision on the way to a party at a rollerskating rink
An 11-year-old girl was thrown from a vehicle, and many of the children injured were not wearing seatbelts
Cameron Mitchell Goins, 47, crashed into a tree during an avalanche preparedness training exercise
The 26-year-old was crossing the street when she was clipped by the mirror of an ambulance, fell, and was hit by a car; four pedestrian deaths in one weekend have led to a push for safer streets
Officials are investigating the explosion, which caused the second and third floors of the manufacturing plant to collapse as rescuers searched for victims in the rubble
Both vehicles were fully engulfed in flames; two were dead at the scene and four others taken to area hospitals
Michael Burke, 23, was off-duty when his Jeep struck an abutment near a railroad bridge and he was killed
Ambulance workers called police after finding the boy face down in the snow in a pool of blood
The storm caused hundreds of car accidents, and those killed include a 4-year-old girl in a rollover and a man found near downed power lines
Two victims died and 22 others suffered a range of injuries
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