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.
Apply hazardous incident response principles of time, distance and shielding to minimize risk from callous, selfish, distracted and criminal POV drivers
Seventy-four percent of EMS fatalities are transportation related
Use a distracted driving policy to educate personnel on the risks of distracted driving and to set clear expectations for in-vehicle behavior
Two AMR Las Vegas employees had just completed a patient transport when a vehicle hit the ambulance head-on
Four people were on board the plane that went down, knocking out power to hundreds of homes
EMS providers were responding to call about a man who was slumped over in a vehicle
Allegiance Mobile Health EMT Joshua Zaborowski, 30, was killed when the ambulance he was driving overturned
A tractor-trailer hit Bryant Gladney’s truck, a University Hospital ambulance and the vehicle involved in the original crash, the Boone County Fire Protection District said
The rig driver, Kevin Tirrel McCorvey, was arrested and told Fairburn police that he had smoked marijuana, taken Adderall and was drinking before the incident
No people were injured, but the American Ambulance vehicle was damaged
“I fear we’ve adopted some really unsafe driving habits, and they’re going to persist,” said one researcher
A Milwaukee patient and an EMT were in critical condition, authorities said
From pulling people out of burning buildings, to rendering aid in a catastrophic traffic pileup while injured, these heroic stories of off-duty responders will stun you
Billings, Mont., Firefighter Ryan Benton says he’s one of many on his crew who would have done the same
Friends of Jason Hamilton say he faces a long recovery
EMS providers were transporting a patient and had the siren on when a car struck the rig, according to state troopers
Robin Nicole “Niki” Knotts, of Darlington County EMS, was a passenger in the vehicle
Cole Hagen Simmons started working for the Harker Heights Fire Department in August
“We have lost a friend, one of our own,” the Darlington County EMS said in a social post about EMT Robin Nicole “Niki” Knotts
A second ambulance crew was dispatched to continue the original patient’s transport, and a third crew was sent to assist those injured in the crash
Police reported significant damage to the AMR rig and said the pickup truck had rolled over
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Police confirm a person of interest is in custody, and the investigation is ongoing
Victims were transported to the hospital, and Waukesha police are investigating
The vehicles were responding to two different calls when the crash occurred
Eligible regional activities under AFG are Vehicle Acquisition, Training, Equipment, Wellness and Fitness, and PPE activities
The surviving medic is being treated after a UT East Texas Health System ambulance crashed into an 18-wheeler
The team was conducting a drill and filming a volunteer recruitment video when a car drove off the marina parking lot
The two EMS providers and their patient were hospitalized following the crash
Two Cleburne firefighters were taken to the hospital for evaluation with non-life-threatening injuries
Two other crewmembers were evaluated after the incident involving a Madison Township Fire Department ambulance
A Holden Fire Department ambulance was en route to a local hospital when it crashed
Three people were transported to area hospitals, according to officials at the scene
