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Photos: 2 N.C. EMS providers injured in rig crash, flip

The crew was transporting a patient when the ambulance hit a utility pole in Chapel Hill

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Photo/Chapel Hill Police Department

By Leila Merrill

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Two EMS providers were injured early Saturday when their ambulance crashed into a utility pole and flipped, Chapelboro.com reported.

The Orange County Emergency Services ambulance crew had a patient on board and was en route to UNC Hospitals. The EMS providers’ injuries were not life-threatening.

The patient was transported and evaluated.

https://twitter.com/aidanh010/status/1527885886964498433

The damage to the utility pole knocked out power to several area homes, but it was restored later in the day.

The crash is being investigated.

https://twitter.com/ChapelHillPD/status/1527974341425696768

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