Vehicle Crashes
The vehicle crashes topic contains news about single or multiple car crashes, ambulance crashes as well as vehicular risks and challenges to EMS providers.
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The ERSI has already tracked 34 first responder roadway-incident deaths in 2022 and an average of two struck-by incidents daily
One car from the train derailed during the collision near Keenesburg
Citizens Hose EMT Kelly Jackson plans to use a fundraiser for her recovery to support a local foundation
Four people were injured in the crash on I-75 in Dayton
Authorities stated 23 vehicles were involved in the initial chain-reaction crash on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
One of the AMR paramedics was critically injured in the crash with a wrong-way driver on I-10
The time has come for electric vehicles in EMS
Tucson Police Department stated a vehicle traveling the wrong way collided with an AMR ambulance
First responders in Maury County used log chains, two straps to keep the pickup from falling into the river
Two of the four patients were pinned inside the car after they tried to go around a railroad crossing in Harvey
Air Evac Lifeteam released the names of the crew killed in a crash after a patient transport
Air Evac Lifeteam operations control center lost contact with the crew late Saturday night
Intense video shows the tractor-trailer coming to a rest mere inches from the wall of the Shenandoah Community Ambulance headquarters, only leaving marks from the hinges of the trailer doors
Paramedics faced a complex rescue on a popular trail near Cajon Pass
Victims had left their vehicles after an earlier crash on I-81 in Lackawanna County
One simple trick we can take from our fire service friends to stabilize a vehicle
Help keep you, your crew and your patient safe at motor vehicle collision scenes
A speeding SUV went off the road and became stuck, off the ground, between trees in the Longmeadow crash
A Niles man lost control of his snowmobile causing it to roll over on him
Joseph Zadroga, father of NYPD Detective James Zadroga who died of a respiratory ailment related to work at Ground Zero, was struck by an SUV
Matthew Reum was trapped for six days in his truck, subsisting on rainwater
Citizens Hose EMT Kelly Jackson suffered numerous injuries after being struck by a vehicle on an icy road
The Air Methods helicopter was transporting an infant girl when it crashed in Upper Darby in Jan. 2022
Four people were trapped inside after their car snapped a utility pole and came to rest against the roof of a house in Pulaski.
A group of hikers spotted the pickup truck down a Los Angeles County canyon
A Kern County Fire Department spokesperson described the scene on I-5 as “chaotic”
One patient in critical condition was flown from the crash scene in Lake George to Albany Medical Center
Renner’s snowmobile rolled over, breaking 30 bones, leaving him in critical condition
A train carrying approximately 300 people struck a stopped train at a Manhattan station
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