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.
Video shows the high-speed, head-on collision between a school bus and SUV after the SUV driver became unresponsive
He dragged the cardiac patient more than a quarter mile to the nearest ambulance during a response to to a 30-car pileup in New Jersey.
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“It’s kind of different when you pull up in your own personal vehicle,” said Jason Gifford, a firefighter and paramedic with Radford Fire and EMS
Firefighters were able to extricate the EMT from Waldorf Paramedic Ambulance 38 shortly after the incident
“Our hearts hurt so bad for you and your family,” Sarah Kaderli’s employer, City Ambulance Service, said in a statement
An aviation expert said the report confirms speculation that the Learjet 35 business jet crashed while the pilot attempted to perform a difficult maneuver at low altitude
The pilot, who was injured more severely than the onboard nurse and paramedic, is being compared to Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger
The infant and crew members were all transported to local hospitals
Houston law enforcement officers said the driver of a black Chevrolet Equinox was probably speeding and did not notice multiple illuminated “wrong way” signs
The Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad members were responding to a call and did not have a patient in the ambulance
One Bell Ambulance employee has returned to in-office work in Milwaukee; the other remains at home after being hospitalized
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
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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