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
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
Nobody was seriously injured and police are investigating the accident
The suspected drunk driver fleeing from police crashed through festival barricades and slammed into people outside a nightclub
Officials said a wind gust caused the ambulance to go off the interstate; the EMTs injuries did not appear to be life-threatening
The driver managed to escape the wreck and flee the scene
The plane nose dived 75 feet into the ground when the parachute got entangled and they were both seriously injured; the skydiver says he’ll jump again
The man was loading items into the back of the car when his 9-year-old grandson started it in a Walmart parking lot
The driver of the car was seriously injured; his four passengers, ages 17 through 20, were killed
The veteran officer was killed and his rookie partner was critically injured when their patrol car collided with a big rig; the truck driver was also injured
