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December 15, 2008

Ambulance involved in crash – Australia

AN AMBULANCE officer has received minor injuries after a crash involving an ambulance and three other vehicles on the Monash Freeway this week. Police said the ambulance officer was thrown from hisseat as he tended to a surgery patient in the rear of thevehicle just before 9am on Tuesday. Senior Constable Marty Beveridge said the...
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Fire Truck MVA – New York

  December 11, 2008 Midi 5 responded for an EMS call on Chili Ave this afternoon. While the Firefighters and Paramedics were getting ready to leave, an accident happened where the vehicles struck Midi 5 and the Ambulance. Midi 5 requested additional assistance from the Fire Dept and Ambulance. Battalion 2 reported a four vehicle...
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Four injured in crash involving ambulance, fire truck – New York

Four people were injured in a multiple-vehicle crash that involved an ambulance and a fire truck in southwest Rochester.The accident occurred near the corner of Chili and Rugby avenues about 11:40 a.m., said Rochester Police Sgt. Mark Beaudrault. A pickup was allegedly traveling west on Chili Avenue at a high rate of speed, swerving around...
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Culpeper man arrested following collision with ambulance – Virginia

Culpeper man faces DUI after collision with ambulance A Culpeper man is facing a DUI charge in an accident involving an ambulance taking a patient to the hospital. Simuel Adam Washington, 21, of Korea Road is also charged with failing to yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle and driving outside a restricted...
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3 Injured In Crash Between LAFD Ambulance, Van – California

  LOS ANGELES Three people, including a firefighter, suffered minor injuries in a collision between a Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance and a minivan in Reseda Tuesday. The crash happened in the 7000 block of North Reseda Boulevard at about 11:50 a.m. as the firefighters responded to a call of a structure fire that turned...
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Government’s failure to regulate cited in record-high Medevac crashes

  By Roma Khanna The Houston Chronicle Through a cloud-choked and starless night in February, the crew of an emergency medical helicopter flew east on a 30-mile journey from Harlingen to South Padre Island, where a sick patient waited to be airlifted to a mainland hospital. As the crew neared its destination, weather conditions forced...
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