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 bus driver told authorities he swerved to avoid deer that had run in front of the bus
Johnthony Walker was driving between 48 and 52 mph and never hit the brake; the crash killed six children
Officials said the crash involved two trucks and at least one driver was taken to a hospital
William Schmidt was in his living room when he heard honking and a loud crash outside his home
Two people survived and were taken to the hospital; responders are searching for a fifth person
Two tank cars, carrying propane-butane and propylene, derailed at a station, hit electricity lines and exploded
Before fire and ems crew arrived, the woman said two men pulled her out of the overturned vehicle
A nurse and his wife, a paramedic, pulled over to the side of a highway after they saw a body in the road
Forecasters said cold air that’s moved into the region is boosting conditions for lake-effect snow
The report stated that Glen Chappell, 67, was driving nearly twice the speed limit when he crashed the bus
Additionally, AAA found that drivers who missed two to three hours of sleep in a 24-hour period more than quadrupled their risk of a crash
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.
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