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Update #2, additional photos available.
AN AMBULANCE TRANSPORTING A PATIENT BETWEEN medical facilities was involved in a single-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon that killed the patient. The crash occurred at 3:30 pm in Warren County, New Jersey, when the Atlantic Ambulance Corporation vehicle suddenly swerved to the right and crashed into a tree.
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The Morristown, New Jersey-based ambulance was carrying a patient from a hospital in Sussex County to a nursing home in Warren County. The driver of a pickup truck was behind the ambulance and witnessed the unexplained maneuver that led to the crash.
The wreck left all three occupants trapped and required extensive extrication work to free them. The medic riding in the back was airlifted to the hospital and the driver was transported by ground. No names or ages of the victims have been released yet.
The Express-Times has the STORY.
Express-Times photo
Update, Friday morning:
The Express-Times in a recent update (HERE) has given a partial identification of the victims:
Authorities pronounced a 68-year-old Warren County resident dead at the crash, police said. Her family had yet to be reached at 9 p.m. Thursday, so police were withholding her identity.
The ambulance driver, George A. Morris Jr., 62, of Mine Hill, N.J., was brought to Morristown Memorial Hospital for treatment for minor injuries. Glenn L. Brodt, 36, of Allentown, an emergency medical worker in the rear of the ambulance with the patient, was flown to St. Luke’s Hospital Fountain Hill, for treatment for pain in his right arm and a cut to the head.
Both of the EMT’s are reported to be in stable condition.
Update #2, Friday afternoon:
Some remarkable photos are available for viewing in a photo gallery posted online by Tim Wynkoop Photography HERE.
Also on FireGeezer…
- Scary Moment for Ambulance Crew – December 23, 2011
- Patient Poaching in Pike County, Pennsylvania – April 17, 2011
- A Challenging Extrication With Unique Mechanics of Injury – August 4, 2011
- Extrication Brings Concrete Results – August 10, 2010
