By Tiffany Gibson
BRAGGS — Two people died Tuesday afternoon when the car they were riding in collided with an ambulance that was carrying a patient. The ambulance driver and patient were airlifted to a Tulsa hospital after suffering injuries in the crash.
It is unknown if the ambulance had its sirens turned on at the time of the crash. The patient’s condition before the crash is unknown.
Smith said two people in the car died and the third was airlifted to a Tulsa hospital in critical condition. The woman driving the ambulance was in serious condition, and the female patient in the back was in critical condition, officials said.
A male paramedic attending to the patient was taken to a Tahlequah hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Smith said.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers closed the highway after the crash. It has since been reopened.
