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.
Use a distracted driving policy to educate personnel on the risks of distracted driving and to set clear expectations for in-vehicle behavior
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 it’s not clear why the passengers were on the train since it wasn’t in service; a train operator is in critical condition
Police and paramedics rushed to the crash site, where firefighters doused the flames
A woman struck the ambulance after veering into a ditch and overcorrecting to get back on the highway
Timothy McCormick and Cody Medley were killed when a distracted driver struck their ambulance
Responders were transporting a patient to a nursing home when the crash occurred
Police officers applied an emergency tourniquet on Robert Rendon after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck
A paramedic and EMT in the ambulance were able to climb out of the vehicle as it was wedged between two concrete barriers
Officials said the ambulance was responding to a call when the collision occurred
Acadian Ambulance transported the children to the hospital with minor to moderate injuries
The van was struck from behind by another vehicle, causing the van to strike another vehicle and overturn
The department said the firefighter-paramedic suffered several broken bones and nerve damage, but is awake and talking
The ambulance had its lights and sirens activated when an SUV pulled a U-turn in the ambulance’s path
The bus driver failed to come to a complete stop as he was pulling out of the school parking lot
State troopers shut down a section of the interstate in fear the ambulance might explode due to oxygen tanks onboard
EMS, fire and hospital personnel describe interstate collision, patient entrapment and field amputation to save a man pinned inside his truck cab by 80,000 pounds of logs
The bus was carrying eight special-education students and two staff members
One crew member was taken to the hospital with leg and chest pain; the other two refused treatment on scene
No one else was in the plane; officials are investigating the cause of the crash
Police said it’s fortunate that there were no serious injuries; the crash is under investigation
Stacey Warriner pulled over to aid a stranded motorist when another vehicle crashed and struck her
The collision caused the ambulance to catch fire; an EMS provider was taken to a hospital with minor injuries
The infant was strapped in a protective device weighing about 400 pounds when the crash occurred
Officials didn’t immediately identify the injured or detail their injuries
A drunken driver whose blood-alcohol content was five times the legal limit lost control of his vehicle and plowed into the crowd
Charles “Chuck” Reeves, 60, was remembered as compassionate and always having a smile on his face
Three paramedics and a patient were on board the ambulance when the crash occurred
EMS crews had just unloaded the patient and were restocking medical supplies when he stole the ambulance
In one crash, officers found two people passed out in the front seat of the wrecked vehicle and two children uninjured in the back seat
Officials said the stolen car hit the ambulance, which was transporting a patient, causing the ambulance to veer off the road and crash into a pond
An official said two dump trucks and a passenger car had stopped to allow the motorcade to pass, and a third dump truck rear-ended the car
MOST POPULAR
- 3 Ga. firefighters injured in fire engine crash; 1 ejected
- Md. chief killed in off-duty vehicle crash
- SUV driver crashes into Mass. Apple store, killing one and injuring more than a dozen
- LODD: Pa. medic, volunteer firefighter, who suffered heart attack dies after rig crash
- New Mercedes-Benz app gives first responders 3-D view of cars