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
Two medics inside the ambulance were hospitalized; a patient inside the ambulance was not injured from the crash
More than 1,385 wrecks were reported statewide but abandoned cars and multiple emergencies blocked the road; it took two hours for an ambulance to reach an ER less than 10 miles away
Two others on board also died; witnesses say his helicopter snagged a power line during a routine mission for a utility company
The nurse witnessed the wreck and removed the boy as the pickup began to catch fire
A city-issued report now contradicts the coroner’s conclusion that the teen survived the crash and was killed by fire trucks
At least six people died in traffic accidents as a winter storm walloped southern states
Benjamin Ward Samples, 38, a former EMT involved in a fatal crash in 2011, is to serve a one-year suspended sentenced on a negligent homicide charge
Medic Mike Stevens became distraught when he realized that two of the victims were his own wife and 5-year-old daughter
Brian Nagel, 30, will need speech and physical therapy, and Tim Daly, 43, left the hospital with both legs in casts
Responders heard people yell “look out!” as two vehicles slid into a crash scene, not realizing the road was closed
She was hospitalized in fair condition after her vehicle left the road and rolled numerous times before landing on its roof
Ind. Fire Chief Mick Pawlik said he was shocked as he looked down the endless stretch of mangled semis and crumpled cars on I 94
A passenger “went berserk” and attacked the bus driver, causing the bus to swerve violently and go off the highway before other passengers subdued him
Photos show at least a dozen tractor-trailers jammed together, and there may be more fatalities
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
He will be sentenced to a year in jail and five years probation after hitting a pedestrian with a pickup truck with a snowplow blade attached
A woman who ran a stop sign and caused an ambulance rollover that killed a patient will be charged with motor-vehicle homicide
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
Tim Daly, 43, is expected to spend three months in a wheelchair; Brian Nagel, 30, is hospitalized in intensive care, breathing with the assistance of a ventilator
Both vehicles were fully engulfed in flames; two were dead at the scene and four others taken to area hospitals
Two medics, a patient in the ambulance and the driver of an SUV were hospitalized after a head-on collision
Michael Burke, 23, was off-duty when his Jeep struck an abutment near a railroad bridge and he was killed
“Nobody examined her, nobody touched her, nobody protected her, moved her or did anything to take her out of harm’s way...” the teen’s family’s attorney said
The driver of the 18-wheeler is in critical condition; the 12 students on board were treated for minor injuries
He was hit by a woman who fell asleep at the wheel; both are in fair condition