CLARKSTOWN, NEW YORK, POLICE HAVE ISSUED THEIR REPORT on the tragic ambulance crash of April 14 where a paramedic lost her arm.  (Firegeezer story HERE.)

Journal News/Kathy Gardner photo

The Regional EMS ambulance was proceding non-emergency when it swerved into a delivery truck that was parked on the road’s shoulder.  The crash ripped the right side off the ambulance and tore off the medic’s right arm.  She also suffered a fractured vertebra in her neck.  The driver suffered a head injury and fractures to his lower back and neck.  Both of them are in rehabilitation hospitals.

The police say that the driver Scott Millar, 19, took his eyes off the road and thought another vehicle was entering his lane, causing him to veer to his right into a flatbed truck parked on the shoulder of Route 59.

The Lower Hudson Journal News reports:

The Clarkstown Accident Investigation Unit found that “driver inattention” led to the accident on April 14, Sgt. Harry Baumann said yesterday.

“The driver was looking at his GPS and through his peripheral vision thought another car was coming into his lane,” Baumann said. “He swerved sharply to the right and hit the truck.”

The ambulance was on a non-emergency trip and was operating within the speed limit.  While the police have laid the blame with the driver, they have declined to place charges against him.

Read the full story HERE.

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