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.
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Officials in Renville County quickly halted trains after the drone spotted the crash victim on the Twin Cities & Western Railroad tracks
‘They’re not ready for prime time': San Francisco fire chief says robotaxis interfere with responses
Robotaxis have run through emergency tape, blocked firehouses and proved almost impossible to move out of the way
Federal regulators propose every railroad, nearly 600, push out details on chemicals carried to every first responder near a derailment
A Middlesex Hospital paramedic was in the area and first on the scene
A Baltimore transit bus struck two cars before crashing into an apartment building
Parma Heights paramedics were leaving the scene and were unaware the woman had approached the ambulance in the dark
A Bullitt County paramedic was caring for a patient when he was ejected from the back of the ambulance
First responders from Divernon and other locations moved injured people out of the storm that persisted for hours
The fire truck struck the Denver police officer near the end of the parade route as it was turning right onto a street
First responders had to work in rugged terrain in Larimer County to reach the converted school bus
Lockport fire officials release new details of the rescue effort following a tour boat’s capsize
Rescue workers breached the wall to the cave with a sledgehammer before shimmying through the hole to help rescue people inside
Orlando will begin testing two driverless buses that will run daily on traditional bus routes
“Something said you need to check again,” Kyle Dowling said when he saw tire tracks leading over an embankment
A pile-up on the Missouri River Bridge involved a cattle carrier with 57 head of cattle
4 patients in the Aurora crash were flown to hospitals
The UPMC Williamsport paramedic was getting his dinner when he heard the crash next door
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said the woman crashed the NHT ambulance once then bailed out before the second crash
First responders in Sacramento arrived to find a total of 11 patients with serious injuries
First responders in Lowndes County were on the scene of a crash when the car went flying up the ramp of the tow truck
Austin-Travis County EMS started a pilot program on three lakes to decrease response times to boating accidents
Multiple departments responded to a crash in Barron County that killed two people and critically injured three
Bags of cement went flying and one crashed through the windshield of a car, killing a passenger
Ukiah hospital’s ‘Trauma Expo’ brings first responders and ED staff together to experience each others’ jobs during an MCI training drill
The city has seen ambulances break down en route to the hospital with patients inside, EMS Chief Amera Gilchrist said
A Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said there were no “visible or obvious” injuries but complaints of pain
CAL FIRE crews responded after a Mini Cooper went through the window and injured a customer inside the Placer County store
Witnesses say a van appeared to have been crushed between two tractor-trailers in a crash that left several people injured
A 74-year-old patient died after head-on collision involving a Regional Paramedical Services ambulance
3 children were among the patients treated and transported by Gaston County EMS
