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
An ambulance was driving behind two vehicles when the drivers pulled over, started arguing, and one of them stabbed the other
A medical exam after the derailment that killed four and injured more than 70 people revealed he had “severe obstructive sleep apnea”
Witnesses said they had not seen the accident but “only saw a male standing next to the female who soon thereafter left”
An EMT had to be extricated from the ambulance, which flipped over; the driver of the car was taken to the hospital
The March 24 crash injured more than 30 passengers and sent the eight-car train barreling over the platform and up an escalator
The victims ranged in ages from 19 to 21 years old; the 20-year-old driver is in stable condition at a local hospital
Lisa Zemack, 61, is accused of running a stop sign and hitting an ambulance, killing the patient inside
The 45-year-old struck an overhang while on top of the train car; he was pronounced dead on the scene from severe head trauma
Donovan Alden, 32, was struck head-on by a car that crossed the double yellow lines, then rear-ended by another car
A woman was also extricated from her car, and all were treated for non-life threatening injuries
Police are looking for a man based on the images after he crashed the ambulance into a fence pole and abandoned it
A series of chain-reaction accidents involving three semi-trucks and 11 passenger vehicles left one woman dead and another in critical condition
The part-time EMT swerved into the oncoming lane to pass a car, then swerved back and struck a Jeep Cherokee, killing a 21-year-old who had been out to dinner with his family
The driver of a white sedan who did not stop was arrested after swerving into the party bus’s lane; the two collided and the bus struck a guardrail and overturned
The woman said she had worked extensive overtime recently and was “extremely tired”
Firefighter Edwin “Jeff” Wentzel, a 35-year veteran of the department, was struck and killed by a train searching for a missing woman
No one suffered life-threatening injuries after an eight-car train plowed and scaled an escalator at an underground station
He fell asleep behind the wheel; injured, he made a phone call to a friend but when that friend couldn’t find him, it was mom who knew where to look
Firefighters were responding to a medical call when the ambulance got stuck in mud; the firefighter was behind the ambulance when he was hit
The train scraped his head as it pulled into the station; a bystander who was a doctor at the station cared for him until an ambulance arrived
The helicopter crashed and caught fire on top of at least three vehicles; one person was taken to a hospital in critical condition
The side mirror of an ambulance struck the pedestrian’s head; medics took him to the hospital in critical condition
The two vehicles collided and the ambulance struck a utility pole — cutting it into three pieces — and sheered off a fire hydrant
The driver was trying to pass another vehicle and lost control; people who heard screams and saw flames gathered at a bridge above the horrific scene
2 EMTs in the back were injured after he jumped into the front seat of a parked ambulance and drove erratically before crashing into a building
Accidents involved at least 50 cars along a 2-mile stretch, as emergency workers stuck in traffic struggled to reach victims
The driver lost control and was cited for a traffic violation; injuries were minor
Two passengers requested medical attention, and a group of Belgian firefighters on board the US Airways jet assisted with the evacuation
The New York building explosions, followed by a Texas driver who plowed through a crowd are good reminders to always be prepared
