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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Kennis Harrell died after crashing his car head-on into another vehicle, resulting in his death and the deaths of Michael Fullwood and Kathy Stevens
Palo Alto Deputy Fire Chief Geoffrey Blackshire said the single-engine Mooney M20 was trying to land when it crashed in a pond
Shane Sharkey and Ian King jumped into a “fly car” after overhearing that a crash had occurred and found that a man was trapped inside a burning vehicle
Superior Ambulance EMT Jaclyn Nauracy and South Haven Fire Department firefighter-paramedic Nicholas Branham were killed when they collided with an SUV
Officials said Eric Maleh was on his motorcycle when he lost control after making a U-turn
Federal investigators said the plane had been repaired three times in the six weeks before it crashed Nov. 2016, killing four people
A paramedic crew was treating a driver of a crashed vehicle when they found a gunshot wound to his chest
Linda Fedee, 66, was unconscious and still strapped into her seat belt when Billy Stone, Richard Hobbs and Douglas McCowan saw her car engulfed in flames
Officials said Lt. Harry Weymouth crossed the center line of the road and struck an oncoming vehicle
Christopher Nance was passing by the scene when he stopped to help the victims, who are currently in critical condition
Southwestern N.H. District Fire Mutual Aid Chief Joe Sangermano said call volume continues to increase as does the difficulty in having agencies able to respond
Retired Chicago Fire Department Ambulance Commander Richard Biehl was on his way home with his wife when they were struck by a suspected drunk driver
Firefighter Jeremy Menges and John Werner helped try to save a driver at the scene of the crash, and now the Kansas Highway Patrol has named them honorary troopers
Frederick County Sheriff’s Deputy Bryce McGuire drove Rita Potter’s car home and put her groceries in the refrigerator after she was hit by a car in a parking lot
Kaylee Mosley jumped into action to save a man who had driven into a wall by performing CPR, which she had just been certified in four days earlier
Lindsey Skebba said she stopped at the crash scene and noticed several bystanders had not started CPR on the victim, who later died
A firefighter used a strap to lasso a young victim of the crash to bring her to safety after the driver opened fire
Officials says 14 people survived after a duck boat packed with tourists capsized and sank in high winds
An early Sunday morning accident involvied a bus and multiple other cars north of Bernalillo, N.M., on Interstate 25
Molly Tarawally decided she wanted to be a paramedic after she was extricated from her car and treated for more than an hour by EMS providers
Henley Wilder said an off-duty EMT jumped into action to save her 2-year-old daughter after witnessing a car crash
During a Spirit Ride ceremony, Muskogee County Emergency Medical Service spokeswoman Mechele Cruz shared her experience of almost becoming a roadside fatality
“My goal is to make sure another family doesn’t have to experience the same tragedy we did,” Paul Besaw’s wife Dawn said
Nowata Fire Department Chief Stephen Parmenter said police dispatched another department, resulting in the patients waiting 30 minutes for a response
Rhett Larsen, 39, was hit by another vehicle after his motorcycle struck a bear on the highway
EMT Amanda Turner jumped into action after watching the elementary school bus flip over from just two cars away
Erik Hirner, 38, died two days after the motorcycle he was driving to work was hit by an SUV
A local business surveillance camera captured a coincidence that occurred when an ambulance happened to be behind a car when it crashed into a creek
Both buses were traveling toward Manhattan when one of them, carrying 37 people, rear-ended the other, which had 25 people
The crash left the bus lying on its side on the guardrail of the highway, its undercarriage and front end sheared off and its steering wheel exposed