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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The bus driver, an aide and a student were all on board the 16-passenger school bus at the time of the collision
Nine people remain hospitalized from the attacks and others are paralyzed; hundreds are still receiving psychological treatment
Officials said that if possible, people should use safety devices such as road flares when stopping to help
The pair had fallen into a deep canyon and rescue crews were unable to reach them
Colleton County Fire and Rescue’s Twitter account states that four children died at the scene when a car ended up trapped beneath the rig
A pickup truck struck the ambulance before veering off the side of the road
Paramedic John Mackey, 40, was struck and killed by a vehicle last year
The lawsuit alleges that the ambulance was “unreasonably delayed,” because crews were lost en route and drove to the wrong location
When the ambulance arrived at the hospital, the man unstrapped himself from the gurney and ran away from paramedics
The ambulance was transporting a patient and had its lights and sirens activated while crossing the intersection
An argument erupted in gunfire outside a school for dropouts seeking high school diplomas
The ambulance was transporting a patient when the crash occurred
An officer said the children on the trailer were dressed up for Halloween, but the wreck scene was so horrible, he said he didn’t remember how their costumes looked
The change was spurred by an ambulance that was hit head-on in 2014, severely injuring two paramedics and fatally injuring the driver of an SUV
Officials said it is possible the bus driver suffered some kind of medical emergency when the crash occurred
Deputies say they found the 19-year-old making animal noises and biting a man’s face
The crash occurred when a pickup truck collided with a trailer carrying 10 Halloween participants
Officials said no children were aboard the school bus that crashed into the side of a commuter bus
The cause of the leak still has not been determined; two wildfires caused by the explosion burned 31 acres of land
EMTs initially responded to the 911 call after a woman reported her paranoid-schizophrenic son was acting irrational
Jermaine Frye, 31, had been hospitalized after a recent on-duty injury; he later went into cardiac arrest at his home
Two other shooting victims who went to the fire station were hospitalized
The lawsuit alleges had the ambulance not gotten lost on the way to the call, a cardiac arrest victim would still be alive
The 8-month-old baby girl had “difficulty breathing and signs of medical distress”
A malfunction caused two people to be ejected from their raft, while two others were caught inside the ride
Emergency responders immediately tried to help the fan that fell 60 feet at the Denver Broncos’ stadium Monday night
The children were taken to the hospital; their conditions were not immediately available
The mother, who tried to protect her daughter, was hospitalized with injuries to her head and hands
He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead