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.
Listen as risk management expert Gordon Graham describes the dangers of not using a seat belt and all first responders’ responsibility to arrive safely
From pulling people out of burning buildings, to rendering aid in a catastrophic traffic pileup while injured, these heroic stories of off-duty responders will stun you
Billings, Mont., Firefighter Ryan Benton says he’s one of many on his crew who would have done the same
LAFD said 16 patients were transported, 37 were treated on the scene
Las Cruces police said the driver was trying to park her and stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake
Proponents claim autonomous trucks are safe and cannot be affected by driver distraction, fatigue and impairment
An oversized load fell off a trailer and onto a vehicle in Temple, killing two people
EMT Chastian McWhorter, 26, was killed on April 1 after the ambulance he was in crashed into a semi-truck
Suit claims that the Air Methods pilot did not do a reconnaissance of the landing zone and flew into power lines
Pilot and physician injured in UNC Health plane crash at Raleigh-Durham International Airport
Sam Orbovich was unconscious, trapped in his burning car on I-94 in St. Paul
The California Highway Patrol said multiple passengers were ejected in the crash
Two children were killed when a suspected drunk driver crashed into the Berlin Township building where the party was hosted
The California Highway Patrol said Recruit Jacob Fuerte was in an earlier collision before exiting his vehicle and was not in a hit-and-run incident
LAFD paramedics, USAR team worked to lift the forklift off the worker
Jacob Fuerte was on his way to training when he stopped to help at a vehicle crash
Sonoma County rescuers were lowered to reach the victim down a 200-foot ravine
A driver crashed a stolen tractor-trailer in the Brenham officer after his license renewal was rejected
A Trans Care ambulance was stopped in the zone when it was struck from behind
Escambia County firefighters extricated the driver and two occupants of the house
Data shows Oregon has the highest rate of death per 100,000 people
Members of the University of South Carolina’s Sigma Phi Epsilon were traveling to New Orleans when the bus hit a concrete barrier
Syracuse firefighters were transporting a child to a hospital when they collided with an SUV
Officials say the decline comes even as more people are driving
High winds and dust made visibility difficult at a highway intersection south of Midland
The ambulance was transporting a patient from Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield to Birmingham when it collided with a motorcycle
Armed man and bus driver wrestled for control of the steering as the bus struck several vehicles
A man died and a woman was injured when their vehicle went off an 80-foot cliff
An infant is in critical condition after the crash near Muni’s West Portal Station
CHS EMS transported 5 patients, including an infant, for non-life threatening injuries
Firefighter Frank Whitt was killed in a crash while en route to escort EMT Drake Adams to a funeral home
Steve Whitehead breaks down how real-world MCI scenes differ from those we practice
Both vehicles were engulfed in flames when firefighters from the Rushville FD and Schuyler County Fire Protection District arrived at the scene
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