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 18-year-old was standing in his bedroom when a car slammed through it; he was not injured but two drivers were transported to the hospital
The passengers landed in 8 feet of snow and were seriously injured but able to communicate during the complicated rescue
Nathan Allen Smith was an EMT, volunteer firefighter and a veteran who served in Afghanistan; hundreds paid their respects as he was laid to rest
The 19-year-old slammed his car into a tree and was in a coma; medic Jason Budlong thought he would be in a vegetative state forever and is happy to be wrong
Responders returned to the station when they didn’t see a reported collision; a half hour later an uninjured occupant hiked down the mountain and found help
With help from a group of accused criminals she waited with him for responders as he bled on the roadside: “If I could make all of their charges go away, I would”
He was spotted by a good Samaritan; rescuers used a rope to pull him to the roadside and he was taken by ambulance to a local hosptal
The former Texas medic received four years for each of the two counts against her and will be eligible for parole after four years
Fire officials said two people were critically injured in the crash and at least two others suffered minor injuries
Raymond Bernard Allison, 52, died when an ambulance crashed on an icy road; the patient and his brother were also killed and the EMT driving was injured
This disturbing footage shows the moments before the Fla. head-on collision that killed the driver of the SUV and four Sigma Beta Rho fraternity brothers
There are reports the ambulance ran a red light while responding to a call
A woman was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and manslaughter; witnesses say she was speeding up to 100 mph
Twenty-six of the 33 passengers on a crashed tour bus were taken to hospitals in the area
The crew had just responded to call for a four-month-old child who was deceased and were transporting her body
She was struck by three cars as she crossed a thoroughfare; she remains in the hospital with multiple trauma injuries
The EMT driving the ambulance, a medic and patient were all transported to a hospital with minor injuries
Terri Elmore testified that she does not remember the night prosecutors say she lost control of her car and struck a van, killing a pastor and his wife
Fire chief and paramedic Sam Lubin, 48, was driving when his car went off the road and struck several trees
The 79-year-old woman said she needed more room to clear another vehicle, and then struck seven people when she began to back up again
The SUV flipped four times after the driver tried to swerve from a deer
Brian Nagel, 30, was helping transport a patient in an ambulance when a SUV hit them head-on
It would have made the charge a felony, and the driver’s license would have been suspended for a year
A retired EMT described the scene as “horror;" the 79-year-old accidentally accelerated in reverse and struck people standing together talking in the parking lot
Police lost the vehicle when it sped off; ambulance crews pulled them from the water after a 911 call reporting an overturned car in the river
Six ambulances responded to the scene after a woman blew through a red light and hit a sedan carrying three kids and four adults
Defense lawyers intend to prove that Terri Elmore, who had a BAC of 0.20, was not drunk in a crash that killed a Texas pastor and his wife
