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
Several victims were pinned under the van as panicked witnesses rushed to pull them out
Despite Michael Barnes’ injuries, his wife said he is in high spirits and appreciates the support that’s been given
A student and two district employees were trapped as the bus rested on the edge of a steep hill supported mostly by the damaged guardrail
“That plane nosedived straight into the ground. There’s a big black cloud. It just exploded,” one man told a dispatcher
The impact of the crash smashed the nose of the train and left it hanging off one side
Justin Yurong was driving down the highway when he collided with a motorhome
A witness said the plane was like a “big black solid red ball of fire”
Michael Barnes was responding to a shooting call when he hit a tree; it appears he suffered a medical emergency
The deputy was checked out as a precaution; no one else was injured
Ambulances from around the area were called in to transport 21 people to area hospitals,but none of the injuries appeared life-threatening
Authorities said an 81-year-old woman drove into a group of people and then into the building after stepping on the gas instead of the brakes
The ambulance was transporting a patient to the hospital at the time of the crash
St. Paul police spokesman Steve Linders called the scene “horrific and surreal”
The ambulance was en route to the hospital with a patient at the time of the crash
Witnesses said Willie Jean Meade yelled at personnel when they took over an ATV crash call
Officials said nobody could see and “everybody hit everybody”
Police said the incident occurred when a vehicle collided with a group of motorcyclists
Nine people went to the hospital after a driver going the wrong way crashed into a minivan
The boy was alert and crying when responders took him to the hospital
The traffic death was the second fatality on I-75 in Marion County in less than 12 hours
Multiple people called 911 to report the fleeing Dodge Durango as it smoked, sparked and swerved all over the roadway
A trooper doused the flames with her fire extinguisher to allow the passengers out of the car
Firefighters tried to put out the fire at the main crash site but withdrew after an explosion forced them back
Richie Porte missed a downhill bend, cartwheeling across the road and bowling over another rider
An EMT, mechanic and critical care technician were killed
The 47-minute clip shows smoke and dust rising from the craft as it spins down the runway then zooms in as passengers slide down emergency chutes
Joanna and Ronnie Pisano, daughter and son of the couple, said they “are truly touched and encouraged by all the thoughts and prayers from our family, friends and the entire community”
A 70-year-old man was driving an SUV when he drove through a stoplight at the mall entrance
The helicopter crashed about three minutes before arriving at Dieng Plateau, where the volcanic eruption injured at least 10 people
Police said 18 people still missing are believed to have “died on the burning bus”
