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.
Discuss these ambulance crash characteristics with your department’s emergency vehicle operators
Vehicle vs. multiple pedestrian incidents, especially terrorism attacks, are high-risk and happen with surprisingly common frequency
Sinister mass casualty violent attacks require additional preplanning and post-MCI recovery efforts from EMS
Firefighters and police officers who responded to the scene rendered care to Hudson Fire Lt. Todd Berube
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 31,785 people were killed in crashes from January through September last year, down 0.2% from the same period of 2021
The airplane’s cockpit voice recorder, cockpit image recorder and other electronic components will be transported to the NTSB laboratory
The three people on board — a pilot, a flight paramedic and a flight nurse — are all presumed dead
The rescue of four people who survived took hours and involved helicopters and firefighters rappelling down the cliffside
The Bismarck Fire Protection Association thanked fellow first responders for their assistance
A semi struck an SUV and pushed it into an ambulance, which overturned
Acadian’s John Mitchell Crow suffered fatal injuries even though he was wearing a seat belt; a paramedic and their patient were injured
Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools, a rope system and a helicopter to extricate and move the two children and two adults
Cass County Sheriff’s Office deputies said a car’s driver failed to yield and drove in front of the rig
“David [Campbell] made such an impact on each of us,” Rock Hill Captain Mac Thomas said
The truck can drive through up to 40 inches of water, in over 230 mph winds, up steep inclines and slopes, and can withstand 40,000 pounds of impact
Mequon’s first full-time firefighter-paramedic, Josh Lipp, was seriously injured in the incident
Lisa Sillins, 55, was crossing the street to the employee parking lot when she was struck by a driver reportedly under the influence
Memorial Hospital of Carbon County EMT Tyeler Harris died from fatal injuries after being hit by a tractor trailer while assisting patients at a crash scene
Another Carbon County EMT was injured Wednesday on scene, and the firefighter had been trying to help rescue a man who fell through ice
Deb Neuman thinks her rescuer was likely an EMT for a local fire department in either Holden, Brewer or Ellsworth
The sports car has a medical cool box in a purpose-built compartment at the front of the Lamborghini Huracan
One person in the car died, and the other was transported in critical condition
EMS providers transported the driver; Firefighters are concerned that the structure may fall further
“Our thoughts, our hearts, and our prayers for her recovery continue to be with her and her family,” Ambulnz posted
The aircraft with three people aboard went missing Thursday night off the coast of Maui
The Hawaii Life Flight fixed-wing plane went off radar last night with 3 crew members aboard
Police say 22 passengers were injured and required transport
The plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Lihue Airport on Kauai Island in Hawaii
Two crewmembers suffered serious injuries and one was critically injured; all three were transported to a hospital
Firefighter Megan Warfield leapt into action to help a victim in an overturned car after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash – and gave birth 23 hours later
The EMT said the patient punched and kicked her, leading to his arrest; his family claims his movements were injury symptoms
25.1% of the drivers tested positive for THC, and nearly 20% had blood-alcohol levels beyond legal limits
Firefighters have been using fireboats and drones, but the fire may burn for days, and DNA evidence has been lost
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