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 Greek jet lost power and crashed into 5 parked planes at military base; 20 injured were participating in NATO training
Police say the driver of the ambulance veered into the median for unknown reasons and the vehicle overturned
A local hospital spent $5,000 to equip all 14 of its ambulances with bike racks due to an increase in cyclist crashes and patients’ unwillingness to leave their bikes behind
The bus driver had an unspecified medial emergency; a passenger sprang to action as the bus drifted into a concrete wall on the highway
He dragged the cardiac patient more than a quarter mile to the nearest ambulance during a response to to a 30-car pileup in New Jersey.
The lawsuit alleges the EMT driving the ambulance was negligent when he struck Manuel’s car while transporting a patient in critical condition
1 person injured, horse that had been running on road was killed
One of the buses was for people with physical disabilities; one person was seriously injured
Rockingham county medic was a family man and loved his job; he was hit by a vehicle when he stopped to check on a driver that was in a crash
Blanket drag used by EMS and bystanders to move man possibly having a heart attack to ambulance
All that was left of his truck was a crushed shell around his seat, and him in it; he recalls the terrifying crash that was part of a 26-vehicle pileup
At least 660 calls were on hold by the afternoon as icy conditions led to multiple car and bus crashes
A 17-year-old fled the scene and was later arrested
Both the van and another vehicle that hit the oil tanker truck burst into flames; the tanker had rolled after hitting a truck
A compartment door above the driver fell open, causing a distraction shortly before the crash
ATCEMS investigating video that shows ambulance, with lights activated, crossing tracks as train approaches
He was struck by a tractor trailer after he came to the aid of two vehicles that had crashed into a ditch
A Texas prison bus veered off of an icy highway overpass, slid down an embankment and collided with a train
1 passenger in critical condition; others being treated for smoke inhalation and many left train own before emergency responders arrived
Chain reaction crashes send 23 to area hospitals and ignites semi carrying fireworks
Ambulance crews responded to freeway crash after semi collision with charter bus
Both victims died after leaving their vehicles; 1 was struck and other died of internal injuries
The husband and wife heard kids screaming outside their front door; they wrapped them in blankets, and even dragged an injured student out from under the bus
Local reports say the bus driver ignored warning signals and tried to cross the rail track before the train
Ambulances transport 10 children with non-life threatening injuries to hospitals
The school bus failed to yield to an oncoming train; at least 10 injured
