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.
Paramedic Shea Lathrum and EMT Brandon Busch were returning from an out-of-county transport when they saw a car leave the roadway and catch fire
5 Texas EMS medical directors recount the operational and 911 triage challenges recent weather posed as power outages afflicted the region
Firefighters, EMTs and paramedics across the country brave freezing temperatures, face record call volumes and remind community members to stay safe in the cold
A woman is expected to survive after she and a man were rescued by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel
A driver and three people were hurt after a car crashed into a UPS store in Sacramento
Matthew Reum was pinned inside his pickup truck underneath an I-94 bridge, surviving on rainwater
A helicopter hoist rescue was used to bring the driver up from a Sonoma County ravine
The Action News 6 helicopter crashed in the Wharton State Forest while returning from an assignment
A pilot, passenger and truck driver escaped serious injury in a fiery crash on I-26 near Asheville
First responders and technical rescue crews north of Concho worked to recover the rider and their vehicle
A sedan struck an SUV blocking an intersection as President Biden was leaving his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del.
A driver was killed after their car fell from the fourth floor of the Grandview Medical Center parking garage
Matthews Fire & EMS said the victims were in “critical, but stable condition”
Investigators focused on pilot errors involving the vortex ring state during the second training flight of the Mercy Flight helicopter
The rollover occurred during training at Camp Pendelton
The Amtrak train crashed into a parked semi-truck, causing the lead car to derail, the Ventura County Fire Department said
“It felt pretty good to be able to actually see the people and thank them for saving my life”
13,400 people were killed in DUI crashes in 2021, costing $280 billion in medical expenses, lost wages and loss of quality of life
Lynchburg first responders faced a car, 50 feet down an embankment, upside down on railroad tracks
Oklahoma City firefighters arrived to find the pilot trying to save the passenger trapped in the burning wreckage
The St. James Ambulance District will run mutual aid while the Phelps Health EMS Base is repaired
James Barghaan worked as an EMT for Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) in West Brighton for 29 years and was named EMT of the year in 1997
The Prince George’s County Fire Department firefighters were transported with minor injuries after the single-vehicle incident
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the importance of preceptors in EMS training and the need for effective mentorship
A vehicle connected to a Chicago homicide crashed into a school bus and other vehicles
The fire department is investigating to see if the crew of Engine 1 violated policy by not responding to a crash two blocks away
A Marion County Fire Rescue ambulance overturned in a collision with a bus and pickup truck
Two vehicles ended up overturned inside a Boston Market in Saugus
A driver is dead after hitting two emergency vehicles at crash scene in Rowan County
Several of the injured in the crash near Pocatello were taken to hospitals in personal vehicles
A Portland streetcar driver and passenger were injured in a collision with a light rail train
Marcellus Ambulance personnel faced a driver pinned upside down in a burning vehicle
A large crowd began throwing objects and damaging a fire engine as crews tried to reach crash victims
