A McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AMBULANCE WAS TRANSPORTING a patient to the hospital Thursday afternoon at 4:30 when an oncoming Jeep slid across the center line and struck the ambulance head-on.

The two paramedics from Nunda Township Fire District were treated and released at the hospital, according to the fire district. The ambulance patient and the driver of the Jeep Cherokee were kept at the hospital.

The McHenry Daily Herald reports:

A sheriff’s spokesman said that a Jessica M. Lamkin, age and address not available, was driving southbound on Route 31, which is two lanes wide in that area. Witnesses told police that while other traffic pulled to the right to let the northbound ambulance pass, Lamkin did not pull over. Lamkin told police that her vehicle hydroplaned on wet pavement. She was given traffic citations, but the specific charges were not available Thursday night, the spokesman said.

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