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
The conductor and engineer killed in the crash were likely sleeping in their southbound train as it sped through a stop signal and hit a northbound train
As the students piled out of their vehicle to help, paramedic and professor David Fifer’s first worry was for their safety
The ambulance was responding to a call when it was struck by an SUV at an intersection
Two people were in critical condition, two others were in serious condition and four were being transferred to another hospital for further treatment
The board reported the plane made an abrupt left turn after takeoff and failed to ascend into the air
Ten children from the van and the pickup truck, ages 5 to 15, were taken to a hospital, along with the van driver
A car ran a stop sign, forcing the driver of the private school bus to swerve and smash through a concrete wall
A fire official said the fire truck got stuck in the mud and leaned over to one side to make contact with the ambulance
The study found that 84 percent of EMS providers in the patient compartments of ambulances that crashed weren’t using their own restraints
Two were taken to the hospital in serious to critical condition and the driver was hospitalized in fair condition
Responders searched the scene and surrounding area when they heard a faint sound more than two dozen feet away
Heavy rainfall and low visibility grounded helicopters and complicated search and rescue efforts
A GoFundMe has raised over $21,000 for Jake Shepherd’s family.
Rescue personnel used ladders to extricate at least three injured people on stretchers and helped others climb out of the bus.
Jeremiah Brown was responding to a call when the ambulance he was in collided with a pickup truck last year.
Fire chief: “It was something you shouldn’t ever see.”
A tweet from the police department Wednesday evening said the agency had received confirmation of the death.
Police said Johnthony Walker was driving well over the posted 30 mph limit when he lost control of the bus carrying 37 children on their way home.
The plane crashed in a parking lot near the airport shortly after taking off.
The injured children were so young that many couldn’t spell their names or remember their birthdays.
Florence Stricker, 87, was being transported by Guardian EMS personnel when the ambulance and another vehicle collided at an intersection March 23, 2015
Officials said Johnthony Walker, 24, was driving well above the posted 30 mph speed limit on a narrow, winding road. (AP Photo)
Twenty-three children were transported to the hospital after the school bus turned on its side and wrapped around a tree. (AP Photo)
The pickup’s driver had no license and was charged for operating while impaired; the ambulance was running lights and sirens
Robert Frain, 69, was properly restrained in a wheelchair when the crash occurred; officials said weather was a factor in the crash
The twin-engine plane crashed in a mining company’s parking lot near a casino and other businesses
Rescue workers, soldiers and members of India’'s disaster management force pulled out people trapped inside the twisted metal and overturned coaches
The high school principal was coaching son’s baseball game when an SUV crash through a chain-link fence and onto the field
An EMT and a civilian suffered minor injuries when the two vehicles collided at an intersection
The bus driver, an aide and a student were all on board the 16-passenger school bus at the time of the collision
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