THE FIRST PARAGRAPH FROM THIS ARTICLE in the Lehigh Valley Express-Times just about says it all:
A firetruck responding to a car crash call in Hunterdon County [New Jersey] illegally passed an ambulance headed to the same wreck, forcing the ambulance into a ditch when the truck swerved to avoid an oncoming car, an ambulance official said.
It was not an automobile fire they were going to, it was a wreck with injuries and the Quakertown, New Jersey, Volunteer EMS ambulance was dispatched and responding. The fire engine with five FF’s aboard from the Quakertown Fire Company, a separate organization, started passing the responding ambulance in a no-passing zone approaching the crest of a hill. A car coming the other way crested the hill and the firetruck had to swerve back into the ambulance’s path to avoid a head-on collision. The ambulance crew was mildly injured, but they managed to drive the amb. out of the ditch and continue on the call. The two EMT’s transported the crash victim to the hospital and then were treated for their own injuries.
The car that was oncoming and nearly hit by the fire engine was being driven by a volunteer FF who was responding to the station for the fire call. The officials at the VFD have clammed up, but the president of the rescue squad has plenty to say.
Read the full ARTICLE HERE.
Quakertown Fire Company WEBSITE.
QuakertownVol. EMS WEBSITE.
