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.
Use a distracted driving policy to educate personnel on the risks of distracted driving and to set clear expectations for in-vehicle behavior
Three helicopters, 14 units of blood and a trauma team flown into action — the Jan. 12 crash shows how Maryland is redefining field medicine with hospital-grade interventions on-scene
Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers
He was spotted by a good Samaritan; rescuers used a rope to pull him to the roadside and he was taken by ambulance to a local hosptal
The former Texas medic received four years for each of the two counts against her and will be eligible for parole after four years
Fire officials said two people were critically injured in the crash and at least two others suffered minor injuries
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
There are reports the ambulance ran a red light while responding to a call
A woman was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and manslaughter; witnesses say she was speeding up to 100 mph
Twenty-six of the 33 passengers on a crashed tour bus were taken to hospitals in the area
The crew had just responded to call for a four-month-old child who was deceased and were transporting her body
She was struck by three cars as she crossed a thoroughfare; she remains in the hospital with multiple trauma injuries
The EMT driving the ambulance, a medic and patient were all transported to a hospital with minor injuries
Terri Elmore testified that she does not remember the night prosecutors say she lost control of her car and struck a van, killing a pastor and his wife
Fire chief and paramedic Sam Lubin, 48, was driving when his car went off the road and struck several trees
The 79-year-old woman said she needed more room to clear another vehicle, and then struck seven people when she began to back up again
The SUV flipped four times after the driver tried to swerve from a deer
Brian Nagel, 30, was helping transport a patient in an ambulance when a SUV hit them head-on
It would have made the charge a felony, and the driver’s license would have been suspended for a year
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
Police lost the vehicle when it sped off; ambulance crews pulled them from the water after a 911 call reporting an overturned car in the river
Six ambulances responded to the scene after a woman blew through a red light and hit a sedan carrying three kids and four adults
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
People in the area ran outside to see a roaring fire and thick plumes of smoke; four family members died on the flight
Henry Walter Atkins III suffered from a medical condition that may have caused him to lose control of his car; he was pronounced dead after his car ran into a curb and overturned
Cars were carrying hazardous materials including fuel oil and methanol and there were reports of fuel oil leaking
A cop and a nurse stopped to provide medic attention before responders arrived
A dispatcher and medic coached her boyfriend through it after an ambulance crashed on the icy roads and couldn’t reach herk