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Cleveland Paramedics Parked by Powerful Pothole

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Next Week They'll Have an Engine Company to Lean On

A CLEVELAND, OHIO, AMBULANCE was temporarily stranded in the middle of East 24th Street early this morning after hitting a pothole.

WEWS-TV

The unexpected dip in the pavement dropped the left side of the vehicle down and it whanged against the collar of a manhole cover.  The impact drove the driver's entry step up where it blocked the door preventing entry or exit.

WEWS-TV Ch. 5 video team captured the offending asphalt on tape:

 

DOES THIS PORTEND THE UPCOMING and long-planned agency integration of Fire and EMS next week?
(click on image to view the video report below)

 

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