IN SOMERSET, ENGLAND, A MOTORCYCLIST WAS FATALLY INJURED in a head-on wreck with an EMS Rapid Response car. The accident took place around 5:30 pm on Thursday near Taunton, Somerset. The 30-yr.-old biker died a few hours later in the hospital.
Police say that the RR car with a sole paramedic driver on board was responding to a cardiac arrest call with its lights and siren activated when the two vehicles, which were traveling in opposite directions, met. The violence of the accident left the motorcyle in pieces all over the roadway. A regular ambulance that was responding on the same call, came across the wreck scene moments later and was able to immediately provide care and transporation for the biker.
The rapid-response car (background) and
the motorcycle were traveling in opposite
directions. (BBC News photo)
The “very experienced” paramedic from the South Western Ambulance Trust was uninjured, but suffered a severe shock from the accident and is on leave for the time being.
The London Telegraph has the STORY.
South Western Ambulance Service WEBSITE.
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