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The vehicle crashes topic contains news about single or multiple car crashes, ambulance crashes as well as vehicular risks and challenges to EMS providers.

Breaking down police, fire rescue, EMS roles in a traffic incident management system
Daniel O’Beirne and Jordan Reed, two strangers with fire and EMS backgrounds, worked together to save a driver whose semi-truck struck a pole and burst into flames
Lessons in communication, coordination and safety from an unusual response involving several inmates
Six people were killed when a semi crashed into a charter bus carrying high school students
A charter bus carrying students was struck by a tractor-trailer in Licking County
One person was injured after a plane crashed through a fence at an airport in McKinney
Deadly crash near La Pryor calls attention to the debate over high-speed police pursuits
Two people had to be extricated from the car after both vehicles crashed into a Long Beach restaurant
Fog similar to what contributed to the deadly Oct. pileup led to another crash
First responders in Swansea had to stabilize the house before removing the car
The driver of a camper van in the Death Valley National Park braked suddenly to avoid running over the tarantula
A Jet Rescue air ambulance went down in a wooded area south of Mexico City
AeroCare 4’s flight medic, flight nurse were reunited with a patient during a high school football game
A vehicle collided with a King County Metro bus, sending it into a building in the Belltown neighborhood
The California Department of Motor Vehicles found the Cruise service to be “an unreasonable risk to public safety”
Smoke from wetland fires mixed with fog to create a “super fog,” causing several crashes on I-55 near New Orleans
The midair collision near Salt Lake County Flight Park left the paraglider passenger in critical condition
A Portland Fire Department spokesperson said one person was transported to a hospital with serious injuries
Four people were killed and two others injured in the Pacific Coast Highway crash
First responders in Cincinnati had difficulty reaching the SUV after it had been pushed past the crossing
A tractor-trailer driver was killed after a train carrying coal derailed and fell onto a highway near Pueblo
Several EMS departments responded to the head-on collision in Whitley County
Authorities said the Alamance-Burlington School System bus went off the road, struck a culvert and hit the building
The driver of a minivan lost control, crossed the median, struck a semi and then crashed into an RV facility, causing a fire
Passengers were thrown forward when the operator hit the emergency brake to avoid hitting a vehicle
Authorities in Lexington said three people were injured in a 5-vehicle crash
The Coast Guard is expected to investigate why the Grace Bailey’s mast snapped
Prince George’s County first responders faced a total of 56 passengers at the crash scene
First responders from several departments responded to a crash in Cumberland involving several vehicles and a tractor-trailer
Injured members of the 11th Airborne Division were transported by ground and air to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
San Diego and Chula Vista FFs worked to extricate the driver after his truck went off a freeway ramp and overturned
Officials say the woman was struck by a vehicle and thrown into the path of the Cruise vehicle that ran over her
Approximately 500 Teutopolis residents within a mile of the crash scene were evacuated