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October 5, 2010

MICHIGAN FATAL RESPONDING RESCUE TRUCK CRASH UPDATE COPS: "RESCUE UNIT FAILED TO STOP AT STOP SIGN"

Yesterday, that crash in Montcalm County (MI) killed a woman after a first responder rescue unit that was responding to a double-fatal crash a few miles away. It was that initial crash that killed 2 people which put Montcalm County Emergency Services rescue Lt. Richard Wayne Pierce, 70, on the road and responding to the scene. According to cops, Pierce’s rescue truck...
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NEW YORK EMS CHIEF DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY, ON A RUN THIS MORNING

 It is with deep regret that Broome Volunteer Emergency Squad and the Broome County Office of Emergency Services have advised us of the Line of Duty Death of Chief Karen Hand, AEMT-CC this morning. Karen was the Chief of the Broome Volunteer Emergency Squad, and lost her life to sudden cardiac arrest this morning while on a run. In addition to her...
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Boy, 8, is struck by ambulance – UK

By Richard Blackledge – The Star       AN eight-year-old boy is in hospital with life-threatening head injuries after he was hit by a paramedic fast response car responding to a 999 call.   The schoolboy was struck on Owler Lane, near to the junction with Firth Park Road, Fir Vale, by the emergency...
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Cylinder explodes in ambulance, no casualties – India

Kurnool: An 108 ambulance vehicle was badly damaged when the oxygen cylinder inside it exploded at Avuku in Kurnool district on Sunday.According to police sources, the explosion occurred at Peddammakonda when the 108 ambulance was heading towards Kunukondla from Avuku in the district to pick up a patient.The explosion was so powerful that shards of...
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Man facing charges after alleged scuffle with EMS – Michigan

From Livingston Daily A Hartland Township man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly fought with ambulance personnel who were summoned as police investigated the man for stealing loose change, an iPod and keys from a 1998 Chevrolet. The Chevrolet owner, a 48-year-old man who lives in the 2900 block of Killarney Park Drive in...
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Man survives two crashes on one day – South Africa

By Megan Baadijes – IOL news A comatose man’s family are furious after an ambulance transporting him to another hospital crashed and no one told them. Tobias Lewis, 41, escaped death the first time when he was hit by a suspected drunk driver in Bredasdorp at 4.35am on Saturday. Then, later the same day when he...
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