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
The train had erratically changed speeds in the three minutes before the crash, accelerating and decelerating between 2 and 10 mph
The front of the slow-moving train hit a bumping block as it pulled into the terminal, left the tracks and smashed into a small structure
Officials said one bus driver was charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance after a car rear-ended the bus
The ambulance reportedly had its light and sirens activated at it slowed down to arrive at a separate collision
Officials said surveillance video shows the ambulance running a red light prior to the incident
Some people were carried away on stretchers, while others sat outside the train holding ice packs to their heads
Brendan Seney used his belt to tie a tourniquet around 15-year-old Nate Kahn’s leg after he was hit by an intoxicated driver
State police say the 17-year-old boy who was driving a car southbound on the roadway failed to stop in time and struck the victim
Authorities found the ambulance flipped on its side; no patients were on board at the time of the crash
Stacie Liles was the first paramedic on scene of the school bus crash that left six children dead in November 2016
Officials said both aircraft were flying under Visual Flight Rules and were not in contact with air traffic control at the time of the collision
Police believe the woman may have suffered a medical emergency while driving
Miles Weske is set to return to work Jan. 1 and also has plans to marry his fiancée
A rail official said two coaches toppled off a bridge and fell into a dry canal bed
Officials said the ambulance was on a call and attempting to make a U-turn when it was struck by a Jeep
Their son, 19-year-old Chris Hahn, was injured earlier that day in another head-on collision and was being treated at University Hospital in Columbia
Paramedic Mark Weidberg was driving home from work when he saw a vehicle had veered into a ditch
The driver of the vehicle was issued a citation for making an improper turn
The ambulance was crossing an intersection with its lights and sirens activated when another vehicle failed to yield
German police say they’ve arrested a suspect believed to be the driver of the truck
The man’s 4-year-old son is no longer in critical condition and is expected to recover
The ambulance had its lights and sirens activated when it collided with an SUV at an intersection
Charles McMahan, 39, with Tri-State Ambulance, was killed in the crash; patient Dennis Calvert, 64, was also killed
Baltimore County said on Twitter that between 15 and 20 vehicles were involved in a crash; six people were hospital
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
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