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
All 18 were taken by ambulance or helicopter to hospitals; officials didn’t know the extent of the injuries
Solar-capturing technology has made it easier to keep ambulances and fire trucks fully charged without leaving them running, and saves money
Seven were hospitalized after the bus rolled onto its side and slid on a road through Grand Teton National Park
He had just finished his first 24-hour shift when he dozed off behind the wheel and woke up in the hospital
Medics had to extricate her from the wreckage after she blasted through the door while being pursued by a sheriff’s deputy
The accident involved one larger boat and two “open-fisherman-style” boats, but it’s unclear exactly how the crash happened
The vehicle was taken while he’s been in the hospital, and found with bullet holes throughout the vehicle
The teen failed to stop at an intersection and ran into the side of the ambulance, which “failed to exercise care to avoid colliding with a person riding a bicycle”
EMS crews said lights and sirens were activated before the fiery crash, but drivers of both vehicles hit by the ambulance say they were off
He has been identified as Dennis Rushing; the name of the other medic killed is still being withheld
She died from her injuries after her friend tried to pass a truck because the exhaust fumes were giving her an asthmatic reaction
Gregory Light was off duty at the time; he worked as a firefighter for 27 years and helped train EMTs and paramedics
The man took off in the stolen ambulance and was arrested after police recovered the crashed vehicle
The ambulance and semi truck collided on a highway; their names have not yet been released
The filmmaker said he had permission shoot footage of an oil rig accident on an ambulance ride along; the ambulance company says he didn’t and is taking him to court to prevent its use
His foot was run over as he walked along the tracks near his house
The aircraft was trying to depart when it veered from the runway and caught fire
A tractor trailer hit the ambulance as it attempted to make a U-turn
Witnesses say the taxi driver ran a red light and hit an ambulance; the impact sent both vehicles into a concrete traffic island
An ambulance was transporting Jessie Lucear, 72, when it was T-boned by a car that ran a red light
Two EMTs, a firefighter, a patient in the ambulance and the driver of the other vehicle were treated for injuries
Brian Lee, a helicopter pilot and firefighter-medic with the LAFD, was killed and a boy passenger is in critical condition
The New Jersey Turnpike was closed for more than five hours after the crash
Five people, including two medics, were injured in the collision
One person suffered life-threatening injuries; a car may have tried to pass a moped and hit the ambulance head-on
Fundraisers have been set up for Kayla Smith, a single mother with three kids who is expected to be out of work for at least six months
The driver was distracted for an estimated 19 seconds, and hit 20-year-old and her fiance, who were broken down on the shoulder of the road in England
The two emergency medical workers in the ambulance were treated for what are believed to be minor injuries
