Courtesy of Sally Cook/The Caledonian-Record BY SALLY COOK Courtesy of The Caledonian-Record BRADFORD, Vt. — A CALEX ambulance driven by service director Jay Wood hit ice on an Interstate 91 bridge in Bradford, crashed through the guardrail and plunged down an embankment to South Main Street below Saturday afternoon. Wood suffered a fractured heel,...Read More
Vermont State Police say two members of an ambulance crew were hurt when their vehicle fell 60 feet from a bridge on Interstate 91 in the town of Bradford. Police say the Calex ambulance was returning from a call when the vehicle, driven by 45-year-old Jay Wood of Danville, went out of control on an...Read More
A Carteret man who was being transported to the Jersey City Medical Center from another hospital attacked one of two emergency medical technicians and then stole their ambulance before ultimately crashing it blocks away and fleeing Sunday afternoon, police said. Rodolfo Velez, 35, is charged with carjacking, weapons possession and aggravated assault on an emergency...Read More
Crews were at the scene of a crash between an ambulance and another vehicle Tuesday afternoon on Shaganappi Trail and John Laurie Blvd. Just after 1 p.m., the ambulance was heading south on Shaganappi Trail transporting a stroke patient in serious but potentially life-threatening condition to the Foothills Hospital. It was hit by a vehicle...Read More
EDMONTON — An emergency medical services worker was killed in a head-on collision in northern Alberta on Monday. The accident happened at about 11 a.m. on Highway 2 just west of McLennan, about 440 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. An eastbound truck was hauling empty propane tanks when its trailer separated and crossed into the opposite...Read More
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a horrific crash in Heathfield between a car and an ambulance on a 999 call. The emergency vehicle and a black Honda Civic collided at 6.15am on Hailsham Road, near the crossroads at the Prince of Wales pub. The ambulance had been on its way to an emergency call...Read More
