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.
Remembering and honoring two AMR paramedics killed in an ambulance collision for their devotion to family, dedication to community and compassion for others
EMS, fire and hospital personnel describe interstate collision, patient entrapment and field amputation to save a man pinned inside his truck cab by 80,000 pounds of logs
As the students piled out of their vehicle to help, paramedic and professor David Fifer’s first worry was for their safety
Aiden Carter called 911 and stayed with the injured driver until first responders arrived
Bullitt County EMS said it has received offers of assistance and an “outpouring of love, concern, and prayers”
Medex EMS providers rendered aid on scene after the rider was ejected from the bike
The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report, and the investigation continues
Captain Roy L. Sewell Jr., a former Cub Scout, is fondly remembered as a supporter of the local pack
Both EMS providers and the other driver were injured
One unsuspecting driver was transported to a hospital, and a suspect has been taken into custody
Five people were transported to hospitals, while others walked to get medical help after the commuter train crash
The Riverside Medical Center ambulance had its lights and siren on at the time of the incident
The Charleston Police Department said that four people were transported to a hospital, including the two EMS providers and two from the involved cars
Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue Chief Charles Moore was transported with chest injuries and abrasions
A driver plowed into a single car crash scene, killing EMT Matthew Madigan and the 36-year-old driver of the initial crashed vehicle
The downed craft was called to evacuate a hiker suffering from breathing problems and chest pains; the hiker was found and transported separately
West Firefighter Edward Hykel was injured in the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion
EMS providers transported one person to a medical center and the other declined treatment
“We’ve got a car continually hitting us from the rear,” EMS providers told dispatchers
A fellow Pro Care EMS employee and an SUV driver were killed in the head-on collision
The workers were pronounced dead on scene, and EMS providers transported one patient to a medical center
The 97-year-old star of stage and screen was not transported to a hospital
A Pro Care EMS employee and the driver of the SUV were killed, and two people were injured, officials said
A fund created by the measure would give first responders financial resources to replace equipment, pay workers overtime and address other urgent costs
The preliminary report did not include a probable cause for the Nevada crash that killed all five people aboard
An Austin Travis County EMS medic was preparing to exit the ambulance through the back doors when the vehicle was struck by an alleged drunk driver
The EMT driving the rig and two additional EMTs were transported in stable condition
The Life Force helicopter was severely damaged, and all aboard were transported to hospitals
Osborn and his Uber driver helped pull the man from the vehicle to safety, and waited with him for first responders to arrive
11 people have died on planes owned and operated by Guardian Flight
The settlement sum aims to resolve the remaining claims in a lawsuit over deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the NBA star’s fatal helicopter crash
The company is also hosting a webpage where people can post condolences
Taney County EMS providers treated and transported two occupants of a damaged “Dukes of Hazzard”-style orange Dodge Charger
