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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Three helicopters, 14 units of blood and a trauma team flown into action — the Jan. 12 crash shows how Maryland is redefining field medicine with hospital-grade interventions on-scene
Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers
Officials said the officer was backing up his patrol car to close a traffic lane when he hit the bus driver
Efforts to aid 3-year-old Raymond Tiberia were called a “perfect storm,” because it seemed like everything was working against the rescue crews
Police said the driver was trying to exit his parking spot when he reversed too forcefully, hopping a curb and plowing in the group
The family of three was driving home from the hospital when the incident occurred
Cynthia Ray had stopped on her way to work at Henry Ford Hospital when she saw an overturned car
Officials had no information on how the incident occurred
Four paramedics and the driver of the car were sent to the hospital with minor injuries
The cause of the crash was not immediately known, but the road reportedly was icy when the incident occurred
Twenty students were on board the bus headed to a middle school when the crash occurred
Eric Roland put his car in reverse, accelerated and knocked a paramedic to the ground
The Texas Department of Public Safety refused to speculate about what caused the head-on collision
The lone bus survivor remains hospitalized in critical condition, and the truck driver is in stable condition
D.C. fire department spokesman Doug Buchanan said ambulances were sent to the scene but did not take anyone to the hospital
A patient, EMT and paramedic were inside the ambulance during a non-emergency transport when the crash occurred
The crash killed two people and injured 13 others, including the driver
The paramedic suffered a back injury and was taken to a hospital
Jacob Howser’s death came just before his fire company’s fundraiser Saturday
Investigators are still trying to determine how the car went airborne
The woman told officials that she saw a sasquatch chasing a deer on the side of the road while driving
Officials said the pilot told air traffic controllers before the crash that he was having an issue with the airplane’s autopilot feature
The school bus was carrying a high school track team returning from a meet
Police said the ambulance flipped over after it was cut off by another driver
Police said the SUV flipped and struck a sedan after colliding with a private ambulance
Police said the suspect is still at large after striking the ambulance
The March 7 crash left four dead and dozens injured
One EMT died at the hospital and a second remains in critical condition
Clinton Alvin Beasley, 80, and Loretta Ann Sykes, 53, were directing traffic at a crash scene when they were struck
There were no patients in the ambulance at the time and no one inside the clinic was injured
Josh Seely arrived on the scene before other first responders and administered basic first aid
Officials said a truck leaked a fluorosilicic acid, which can cause irritation to the nose, throat, respiratory system and swelling of the skin
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