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.
Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers
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
A chain-reaction crash involving up to 17 vehicles — including a semi-truck — shut down southbound Highway 99 in Fresno County as dense fog dropped visibility to 10–15 feet
A Brownsburg Fire Territory ambulance returning from a call struck a guardrail on an icy road and overturned into a creek
Backed in part by NHTSA’s Office of EMS, the five-year effort targets improvements in EMS, 911 and post-crash care, including prehospital blood transfusion
A two-vehicle collision involved a West Chester Township ambulance returning from a hospital transport
Columbus Firefighter Richard Barfield Jr. is being honored after rescuing two children and a 4-month-old from a crash, clearing an unresponsive father’s airway, and providing care for seven patients until crews arrived
Fourteen people were injured when a Route 54 Houston METRO bus was hit and veered off the McGowen Street overpass
Two civilians were injured after a South Metro Fire Rescue ambulance was involved in a crash
Two Twin City Ambulance EMTs were hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle while helping a disabled motorist on Interstate 290 in Buffalo
A midair collision between two helicopters near Hammonton Municipal Airport prompted a large emergency response
When there’s no driver to talk to: Training preps first responders for autonomous vehicle encounters
The GHSA-Waymo online course covers extrication, vehicle shutdowns and safe interaction with autonomous cars during emergencies
Four people were injured when a pickup truck collided with a Polk County Fire Rescue ambulance transporting a patient
An Oakland transit bus collided with an SUV, jumped a curb and crashed into an auto repair shop
A patient at Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center allegedly drove off in a MedTrust ambulance, leading to a brief pursuit, hit-and-run crash and her return to the hospital
Madison police say a driver went around a fire truck that was blocking an intersection for an ambulance and collided with the rig
A Kansas City Fire Department ambulance was hit by a tractor-trailer on US 169 while responding to a call
A falling interstate sign crushed a vehicle on I-77 South, seriously injuring two people and forcing a seven-hour shutdown
Two fire personnel and a driver were injured when a car struck a Fairfax County ambulance, killing a passenger in the car
A Dickeyville man accidentally shot himself in the ankle with a crossbow while preparing to hunt, then passed out and crashed while trying to drive to Grant Regional Health Center
Tulsa City Council has approved a plan allowing the fire department to charge insurance companies of at-fault drivers $710 to $1,865 per response
Gaston County EMS Paramedic Mary Jolly was fatally struck after she stopped to assist at a five-vehicle crash
A bus carrying teens and young adults from Our Lady of Guadalupe in Santa Ana overturned on a winding San Bernardino Mountain highway, injuring 26 and sending 20 to hospitals
A passenger transport struck a concourse dock at Washington Dulles International Airport, sending 18 people to hospitals
A small plane headed to Jamaica for hurricane relief went down shortly after takeoff from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport
Police say the 22-year-old driver was fleeing state troopers when he struck more than a dozen people outside a popular nightlife spot in Tampa
A man escorted out of Loretto Hospital stole an idle Cicero ambulance, triggering a police pursuit that included gunfire and ended in multiple crashes and several injuries
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