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Ambulance Collision Roundup

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Some Recent Ambulance Fender-Benders

SIX PEOPLE WERE INJURED MONDAY afternoon when a Bernardsville, New Jersey, Fire Department ambulance collided with a private auto. The ambulance carrying four volunteer members was responding to a fire alarm when a Volkswagen approaching in the opposite direction made a left-hand turn in front of the ambulance.

Bernardsville News photo

The crash crumpled the VW requiring extrication efforts to free the two passengers who were transported with minor injuries.  The four FF's were also transported for minor cuts and bruises and later released.

The Bernardsville fire chief said that the ambulance has "extensive" front-end damage and will be out of service for a while.  The BFD has one other ambulance in service.

The Bernardsville News has the STORY.

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A NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, AMBULANCE collided with a pickup truck at a controlled intersection Sunday morning.  The pickup had the green light and the driver stated that there was another car in the lane next to him blocking his view of the oncoming ambulance, nor did he hear it.  The ambulance struck the pickup in the left front fender which slightly injured the two ambulance personnel.

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The pickup driver said that he was uninjured, probably because he had his seat belt on and had airbags in his truck.  The ambulance had its lights and siren on at the time.  The police are investigating still.

The Sun Journal has the STORY.

Hat tip:  Mark D.

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IN HARPER WOODS, MICHIGAN,   AN AMBULANCE drove into the back of a sand truck on I-94 during a snowfall Monday morning with such force that the ambulance's engine was driven back into the cab.  At least, that's what the reporter-on-the-scene for Detroit tv station WWJ sent in.

Unfortunately, the reporter failed to tell us whose ambulance it was, or if it was on an emergency, or if it had a patient on board.  But he did say that "it did not appear that anyone was injured" because the EMT's (at least the ones that he could see from wherever he was) were standing looking at the ambulance.  Neither did he bother to find out what led to the collision.  But his blank report was dutifully filed HERE.

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Posted by on February 5, 2013 • Filed under: ambulances, EMS Topics, Vehicle Operation & Ambulances • Tagged: , , ,

Ambulance vs. Mini-bus Leaves 5 Injured

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One Victim Airlifted

IN THE NEW YORK FINGER LAKES REGION an North Seneca Ambulance collided with a mini-bus Tuesday afternoon around 2 pm in the town of Waterloo.

The ambulance had a patient on board and was traveling emergency with lights and siren to the hospital when it was passing the mini-bus, apparently on the right.  The bus driver attempted to pull to the right to yield but instead collided with the ambulance, knocking it out of the travel lane and into a utility pole.  The impact broke the pole.

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The bus driver was the only passenger in that vehicle and she was transported for injuries as well as the patient and the three ambulance personnel.  WHEC-TV provided the injury update:

Two North Seneca Ambulance personnel were taken to Strong Hospital. Amy Kaplan, 22 of Hamburg, was taken to Strong Hospital by Mercy Flight for a head injury. Reginald L. Bailey, 43, of Shortsville, was transported to Strong Hospital by Phelps Ambulance for a possible side injury. Police are not releasing any information on the patient that was in the ambulance.

The driver of the ambulance, William R. Storrs, 24, of Waterloo, was taken to Geneva General Hospital by Finger Lakes Ambulance for evaluation.

The bus driver, Patricia A. Putney, 59, of Seneca Falls, was transported to Geneva General Hospital for possible head and neck injury.

WHEC-TV also provided this video report:

 

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Posted by on December 12, 2012 • Filed under: ambulances, EMS Topics, Vehicle Operation & Ambulances, Videos • Tagged: , ,

Fire Engine vs. Ambulance in Baltimore

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Met At The Intersection

A BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND, FIRE ENGINE collided with a department ambulance while both were responding to emergency calls Friday night. 

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The accident occurred just before 8 pm at an intersection on W. North Ave.  The two medics were injured, one only slightly but the other was transported to the shock trauma center.  There were no injuries among the firefighters and the two units had fairly minor crash damages.  It was not clear whether they were responding to the same call or not with conflicting reports.

WMAR-TV has the STORY.

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Posted by on March 24, 2012 • Filed under: ambulances, apparatus, Vehicle Operation & Ambulances, Vehicle Operations & Apparatus • Tagged: , ,

Man Dies in Tennesse Ambulance Crash

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ERNEST M. SPENCE, 63, OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE, died following an accident Thursday night when his van was struck by an ambulance.  The Coffee County ambulance was transporting a patient to a hospital with three EMT’s on board when Spence pulled out from a side road into the path of the ambulance.  It struck the van in the side leaving Spence critically injured.

Daily News Journal

The Daily News Journal reports:

The wreck occurred when Spence reportedly turned left off Highway 231 to enter Christiana Road into the path of the ambulance, which was northbound with a patient toward Murfreesboro.  Spence, who was driving a 1999 GMC Savana van, was not wearing a seat belt, according to reports.

Also injured in the wreck were ambulance driver Sara J. Newman, 27, of Manchester; medic Beverly D. Colwell, 35, of Manchester; and Wendy M. Hill, 28, of Tullahoma.  Hill was a patient in the ambulance being transported non-emergency to Centennial Hospital in Nashville, according to Colwell.  “I was taking care of the patient in the back when we got hit,” Colwell told The DNJ on Friday.

A Rutherford County ambulance took over the patient and completed the call.  The two ambulance workers were treated for bumps and cuts, then released.

Posted by on July 3, 2010 • Filed under: ambulances, EMS Topics, Vehicle Operation & Ambulances • Tagged: , ,

Pennsylvania Ambulance Crash Injures 3

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A DUQUESNE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ambulance was involved in a collision at an intersection Tuesday morning, sending both ambulance personnel and the driver of the car that struck them to the hospital with minor injuries.

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported:

Posted by on May 19, 2010 • Filed under: ambulances, Vehicle Operation & Ambulances • Tagged: ,

Ambulance Crash, Rollover in Milan

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN MILAN, ITALY, and ambulance collided with a car at an intersection.

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According to witnesses, the ambulance that was responding to a hospital with a patient onboard ran a red light at a high speed and a car passing on the cross street did not have time to react.  The collision was heavy enough that the ambulance sailed off the road and rolled over onto its side, ending up along the rail-tram right-of-way.

YouReporterItaly filed this raw video from the crash scene:

Despite the violence of the crash, there were only minor injuries as a result.  A fire department crane was brought in to remove the ambulance.

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Posted by on March 26, 2010 • Filed under: ambulances, EMS Topics, Vehicle Operation & Ambulances, Videos • Tagged: ,