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.
Use a distracted driving policy to educate personnel on the risks of distracted driving and to set clear expectations for in-vehicle behavior
Three helicopters, 14 units of blood and a trauma team flown into action — the Jan. 12 crash shows how Maryland is redefining field medicine with hospital-grade interventions on-scene
Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers
Battalion Chief Mark Johnson’s footage showed a teen being run over by a fire truck
The most seriously hurt was the driver, who had to be cut from the bus and pulled through the windshield before he was taken to a hospital
An EMT dropped off a patient at a home, and crashed into a house across the street
She said she didn’t see it; the ambulance crashed through a fence on the way to a call for an injured pedestrian
Crews from Engine 46, Truck 17 and Ambulance 9 responded to the deadly crash outside of their station
Footage shows the car colliding into the ambulance; four were hurt and a medic who suffered the most serious injuries has been released from the hospital
Police are investigating if the driver of a sedan ran a red light before crashing into an ambulance early Monday morning
Church members used car jacks to lift the vehicle off people who were trapped underneath; it happened during the Easter service
Dispatchers tried to focus and calm students calling from the scene of the fiery collision with a Fed-Ex truck
The firefighters overcame their own injuries to help the nine civilians who were hurt, one of them critically
Two paramedics, a patient and the driver were all hurt in the early morning collision
They were both taken to a local hospital and are in stable condition
Investigators haven’t found evidence confirming a witness’ claim that the truck was on fire before it crossed the median and collided with the bus, killing 10
Neighbors described a horrific scene where victims on fire were screaming for help
The car rolled on top of her as she was trying to push it; she said she didn’t have time for medical treatment because as a single mother, she had to pick her child up at school
The high school students were on a college tour; some escaped through a window before the bus burst into flames, and responders set up a triage scene for at least 36 injured
The driver jumped a curb and smashed through a wall and into the building; one injured is in critical condition and five others are serious
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
