TWO HENNIPEN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MEDICAL CENTER ambulances were wrecked within 15 minutes of each other early Saturday morning in Minneapolis. The first accident occurred at 3:15 am when an ambulance responding on a call collided with a taxicab, injuring the cab driver and his two passengers.
The first accident involved this taxicab (KARE-TV)
Shortly after, another ambulance was responding to the first crash when it collided with a min-van that was traveling without its lights on.
Police charged the taxi driver with failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. They arrested the mini-van driver who was apparently drunk and refused to take a breathalyzer test. Witnesses say that they saw him get out of the driver’s seat and climb into the back seat of the van following the wreck.
Of the eight people involved in both crashes, only the cab driver and his two passengers were hospitalized. The four paramedics involved were treated for minor injuries. The driver of the mini-van was taken to jail.
WCCO has the STORY.
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