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
Video shows the flaming wreckage of the tour bus carrying young athletes; it caught fire after hitting a tanker truck carrying hydrocarbons
Video shows the high-speed, head-on collision between a school bus and SUV after the SUV driver became unresponsive
The first of three reports from the NTSB provides information on attempts to navigate lowering clouds by pilot Matt Mathews, who died in the March 12 crash
She lost control of the vehicle, went over the shoulder of the road and plunged several hundred feet over an embankment
On his way to work at Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base he saw a flipped Jeep that had caught fire; he got the victims out, had one dial 911 and flagged down other drivers for help
Whether he is cited for the crash with an ambulance carrying a mother and her child will depend on the outcome of an investigation into the crash
A paramedic who helped rescue a doctor in a fiery collision realized it was the doctor that fought for his survival when he was born prematurely
Eight members of Wormreich and Khaotika were also injured when their van went down an embankment and crashed into a tree
The air medical transport company is under increased scrutiny from hospital officials about its safety record
Out of control SUV slammed into the front of a stopped school bus; driver may have had a medical emergency
After his sailboat capsized in the Atlantic he subsisted on rain water and raw fish
23-year-old ambulance driver was driving with suspended license
The three on the helicopter were contract workers, and the sole survivor was airlifted to a nearby hospital after the crash
Dash cam video captures a man sliding across the pavement after he was ejected from his SUV
The driver suffered serious burns; a bystander was also injured in the collision
One person in the car was critically injured and had to be cut out of the vehicle by firefighters
He crossed the center lane while driving around a curve and hit an oncoming ambulance, police say
The police officer was reprimanded and a paramedic who suffered serious injuries has recovered
A federal investigation reports the pilot encountered a lowering cloud ceiling and was trying to turn the aircraft around when the crash occurred
Investigators say he barricaded himself in the cockpit and manually flew the plane into the mountains, killing all 150 people on board
He’s seeking $305,000 for injuries sustained in a 2013 fatal collision when a car crashed into the rig, causing him “to fly ... within the ambulance, colliding with objects”
Crews were about to transport a driver injured in another crash when a vehicle going around 75 miles per hour hit the ambulance
The jet carrying 150 people from Barcelona to Dusseldorf slammed into a remote section of the French Alps.
An ambulance, running lights and sirens, collided with 2 other vehicles and tipped on its side
The neighborhood based squad is able to respond faster to the emergencies and arrive before the ambulance
An ambulance that was hit by a car flipped onto its side and landed on another vehicle
NTSB reports detail the history of EagleMed crashes
The NTSB is determining the best way to get the wreckage from a rural site to a hangar in Dallas after pilot Matt Mathews was killed when the helicopter crashed
