ON SATURDAY FIREGEEZER REPORTED (HERE) ON a collision in Memphis, Tennesse, between a pickup and a private ambulance that was transporting a patient that left the ambulance on its side. It was running on a non-emergency call taking the patient to a dialysis center when the driver ran through a red light, causing the crash. The police charged the driver with driving through the red signal and with driving on a suspended license.
Now the state wants to know why the ambulance firm was allowing a man with a suspended license to operate the vehicle. The Tennessee Dept. of Safety says that the driver James Gatewood, 25, was suspended for “failure to satisfy two citations in Shelby County.” The State Dept. of Health says that both the driver and the ambulance company could face penalties from this incident.
WREG-TV has this updated video report:
