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
Paramedics said they are scrambling to get to an ever-increasing number of emergencies
Dru Rhodes lost control of his truck and went off the road
A train was approaching Washington Central Station when the two workers were struck
Don Lynch said he had to break the window on the passenger side of the pickup to aid the man
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the emergency braking system on the train triggered, but it was unclear why
Video of the scene shows a stroller lying on its side and a car with a smashed windshield
Authorities said that one person was killed and another had been taken to the hospital with injuries
Children between the ages of six and 10 were in the pool at the time of the incident
Two paramedics and the driver of the van were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries
A warrant has been issued for Crystin Keys on charges of vehicular homicide and failure to maintain lane
NHS England said three of the injured remain in critical care
The 25-year-old man was hospitalized with leg and arm injuries
The truck was on its way to an apartment fire when a vehicle turned in front of them
The ambulance went off the road, hit two trees and flipped onto its side
The vehicle became wedged between a tree and an apartment building
A medical center held a ceremony for paramedics Paul Besaw and Lahiri Garcia
EMT Adam Hilse and Derone Duncan were transported to the hospital after the incident
The bus was taking 29 students home from school; officials said the scene was chaos
Authorities said Genero Ajqui was drunk when he crashed into an ambulance and killed Lahiri Garcia and Paul Besaw
Responders found a car had driven through a fence and struck a student
A vehicle trapped beneath a tractor-trailer was on fire when crews arrived on scene
Footage from a camera on the bus showed a car airborne before being catapulted over the median
Raul Diaz Jr., 28, was pronounced dead at the scene during the Republic of Texas biker rally
Carmen Nunez, 42, was heading home from work when she was killed in a two-vehicle collision
Tracy Parker, 36, lost her fiance when her car flipped over, landing on its roof
EMS providers and firefighters searched for the occupant of a truck submerged in a river
Paramedics Paul Besaw and Lahiri Garcia were killed in an ambulance rollover crash
Police said the man, who was involved in a car crash, had overdosed; he was arrested and charged with third-degree assault
Officials said at least 10 people were hurt, including two critically
The force of the impact caused Joanna Delgado to give birth prematurely
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