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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A passenger from the Missouri Amtrak derailment shares details of the response involving nearly 20 local and state agencies
“I am extremely proud this evening to be a part of the central Missouri EMS region,” trauma surgeon Dr. Jeffery Coughenour said
Amtrak’s Southwest Chief Train 4 was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago when it struck a dump truck at a crossing
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“We’ve had multiple situations because of how poorly maintained our fleet of vehicles is, where an ambulance will break down en route to critical calls,” the union president said
The driver of the truck that crashed with a Malta and McConnellsville Fire Department ambulance was pronounced dead at the scene
Sgt. Michael Daniel-Hagan became ill during a training exercise, was transported to a medical center with limited bed space and was being transferred
An attending doctor said the crash likely did not contribute to the patient’s death at Skokie Hospital
EMT Delilah Wells, who was in the back of the rig, the patient who was being transported, and two people in the other vehicle were injured
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Brittany Nicotri found a way to increase the Burton Fire District’s capabilities at a low cost
Putnam County EMS said that all injuries appear to be non-life-threatening and the ambulance crew was not transporting a patient at the time
San Bernadino firefighter-paramedics treated two people who were injured in the crash
Listen as risk management expert Gordon Graham describes the dangers of not using a seat belt and all first responders’ responsibility to arrive safely
Richard Webb-Stevens responded to the 2017 Westminster attack and has led improvements for people with hearing impairments working in EMS
“Do you want a headbutt?” EMT Nicholas McGowan asked, according to court documents
Lloyd Claycomb and the driver of the car that hit the rig were seriously injured; an EMS provider and a vehicle passenger had non-life-threatening injuries
Nicholas McGowan told police he was on his way home after work when he crashed his vehicle
The Boro Park Hatzalah crew was responding to a call at the time of the crash
Jordan Shelley had car trouble and was standing outside his vehicle when another vehicle crashed into his and pushed it, hitting Shelley and knocking him off the bridge and into water
Another bystander helped the man before police and EMS arrived
Sabria Phillips claims that Richland County Emergency Medical Service, dispatchers and the sheriff’s department were ill-equipped to respond
Dispatchers took more than 400 calls for injuries, drinking, vehicle crashes; the injured include a Galveston County Sheriff’s Office deputy
The medic had stopped to provide aid; several people injured in the collision were transported to the hospital
All four crewmembers were injured — two of them seriously — when the Airbus AS350 tried to land in windy conditions at the Christmas Valley Airport
The three Wyoming Medical Center staff members and two flight crew members were not seriously injured, and the patient was admitted to the hospital
Wilmington Fire and Rescue warned the public to “slow down and proceed with caution around emergency vehicles responding with their lights on”
The crew had been transporting a patient in Waukegan and rendered aid while other EMS providers were en route
A tractor-trailer hit the Brewster Fire Department ambulance, pushing it into a guardrail and median
Crews with multiple agencies rescued the Morristown Rescue crew and treated and transported the patient
Firefighters put out the flames and rescued the trapped and injured people; the five survivors were transported to hospitals
