UPDATE: Injured medic dies, now a LODD. Scroll down.
UPDATE #2: Follow-up video added below.
WSB-TV
AN AMBULANCE IN DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, COLLIDED with an automobile early Sunday morning while responding to an emergency call. The crash caused the ambulance to roll over and one of the medics onboard was ejected from the tumbling unit. He was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and was listed in stable condition later yesterday.
The driver of the ambulance was treated at Douglas Hospital for minor injuries and the woman driving the car was seriously injured and is in Douglas Hospital also.
WSB-TV
Police are reporting that the medics tell them that the woman refused to pull over when they approached her car from the rear with their emergency lights and siren activated. After waiting for her to yield, they pulled out to pass her and she turned her car into the side of the ambulance, starting the rollover. Witnesses said that they saw it roll three times, but news photos from the scene indicate that may not be the case.
WSB-TV has a 10-image photo gallery HERE.
Update, 10:40 am: LODD
Chief Billy Goldfeder has just advised that FireFighter Close Calls is announcing that the Firefighter/Paramedic Paul D. Holmes has succombed to his injuries suffered in the wreck. FF Holmes had been with the Douglas County FD since May 2008. He leaves wife and daughter. Firefighter Close Calls has the details HERE.
Update, Tuesday, 9:00 am:
Video follow-up report:
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