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 23-year-old allegedly became disorderly towards hospital staff before stealing an ambulance
Tim Hoffman was riding in the back of an ambulance when it collided with a pickup truck
A drunk driver in a pickup truck collided with an AMR ambulance in Michigan
The firefighter-paramedic treated the man for his injuries before filing a report with the police
Cal-Ore Life Flight president: “This is one of the saddest moments in our history”
The driver ran a red light at an intersection, where he crashed into the ambulance
The first responders applied tourniquets to the man’s leg and arm, preventing him from bleeding to death
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The ambulance was not using its lights or sirens when it struck the toddler at an intersection
Video from the scene showed both of the bus’s doors pressed up against the highway’s guard rail, making them impossible to open
Paramedics met the man and woman at Kona airport and treated them for minor injuries
The couple was able to cut the paramedics’ seat belts and first responders had to cut tree limbs to reach the patient
Two four-car trains collided head on in Italy, killing at least 22 and injuring many others
Officials said it took firefighters 15 minutes to free the woman from the wreckage
Twin Township EMS releases video of car crashing into an ambulance and the patient care compartment disintegrating
After a Mich. woman was T-boned by a semi, EMS crews were hit while protecting the scene
Two medics watched the crash unfold while driving, and immediately jumped out to pull the man from his burning vehicle
The U.S. toll went up last year to 35,200, as drivers racked up more miles behind the wheel as a result of an improved economy and lower gas prices
The N.M. ambulance was crossing an intersection when it crashed with a truck
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Joshua Brown was on his way to work when his motorcycle crashed with another vehicle
A bus carrying roughly 34 adults and children when it ran a flashing red light and a stop sign before hitting the tractor trailer
Tesla and government statements say Joshua D. Brown, 40, was killed May 7 in Florida, when his Tesla’s cameras failed to distinguish the white side of a turning tractor-trailer from a brightly lit sky
A Montana BMW driver ran a red light, hitting an AMR ambulance with four people in it
Emergency personnel at the scene of Tuesday’s collision have moved to a recovery operation
An alleged drunk driver drove through a crash scene, leaving the medic with 12 stitches, a broken toe and shattered teeth
Three crew members are missing and one was injured after the head-on collision Tuesday
The girl’s family was killed after a train hit their van at a railroad crossing
Two Acadian Ambulance EMTs and two bystanders were struck while tending to an accident victim
The crash began when a vehicle collided with another vehicle exiting a gas station
