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.
Why post-crash care matters: 42% of patients alive at EMS arrival die later
Ambulance collisions, which happen with frightening regularity, often result in injury and are occasionally fatal, especially for private vehicle drivers
You’re responsible for managing the crash scene; this includes what happens behind the scene as well as at the scene
The report would likely not address the fire’s cause, but the agency may issue urgent safety recommendations
Authorities believe the bus driver suffered a medical emergency before the bus crashed and ended up on its side in a ditch
Video showed more than 10 train cars derailed and flames shooting from the wreckage
Fire Chief Pedro Cruz responded to the vehicle crash that killed country singer Kylie Rae Harris and his 16-year-old daughter
A Honolulu EMS paramedic was in the back of the ambulance when he sustained serious injuries in a crash while transporting a patient to the hospital
A single-engine Beechcraft Sierra plane took off from the runway, had a mechanical issue and turned around in an attempt to land when it crashed
Paramedic Keith Hammes was killed after his vehicle rolled over and went into a ditch
Only five crewmembers sleeping on the top deck were able to escape by jumping off and taking a small boat to safety
The dive-boat Conception became fully engulfed in flames as 30 passengers on a recreational scuba diving trip slept below deck
Searchers continued to look for more than two dozen other people who were aboard the vessel Conception, which burned while anchored off Santa Cruz Island
EMTs John Kahyaoglu and Tyler Smith demonstrated “outstanding patient care and quick actions in applying a tourniquet” to one of the injured patients
One person was air-lifted to a hospital and the others were transported to area hospitals after a school bus fell 30 feet down an embankment
Police tracked the ambulance via GPS and when they found it, the driver put the ambulance in reverse and crashed into a police SUV
Two EMTs were involved in an ambulance crash, but were not transporting a patient at the time
More than 40 firefighters and 15 ambulance crews responded to the incident
One adult and one child were transported via an air ambulance to the hospital
Of the 21 injured, 16 people were taken to the hospital and one person was transported with serious injuries
One driver was unable to stop and his car went through the fence, injuring several people and killing a female EMT
A paramedic got out of an ambulance and a Mustang accelerated forward and pinned the paramedic against the ambulance
An Anne Arundel County medic unit was transporting a patient with serious injuries sustained in an earlier vehicle crash
First responders have cleared the scene where 17 people were injured in a two-vehicle collision between a commercial truck and a Greyhound bus
Officials say one victim was found trapped inside the van and responders used hydraulic rescue cutters and saws to remove them
Officials credited the quick response by area EMS and firefighters for helping the passengers and mitigating any potential environmental problems with fuel runoff
Paramedics Brittany Young and Douglas Ronald Dick II were killed in an ambulance crash after hitting the back of a tractor-trailer
Two firefighter-paramedics, the patient they were transporting and driver of the Jeep were taken to the hospital
Two EMS providers, as well as the patient inside and the driver of the other vehicle, were treated with non-life-threatening injuries and transported to the hospital
The Plainfield ambulance was involved in a crash with a minivan moments before it crashed into the home
The father and son duo were driving four-wheelers out in the countryside of Oklahoma over the weekend when Brody’s dad drove his ATV into a ravine
A Leland Fire and Rescue ambulance crew was returning from a call when they stumbled upon the crash and reported it to the police department