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December 9, 2010

Montcalm Ambulance Driver Facing Negligent Homicide Charges – Michigan

The ambulance driver that caused an accident, killing two people in Montcalm County, is now facing negligent homicide charges. That accident happened on Kendalville Road in Pierson Township in October. The ambulance was on the way to a separate fatal accident when deputies say the driver, 70-year-old Richard Pierce, ran a stop sign and hit...
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Ambulance crash closes Dorset carriageway – UK

A busy dual carriageway in Dorset had to be closed after an ambulance was involved in a crash with a 4×4 vehicle. The accident happened on the eastbound carriageway of the A31 near Wimborne at about 1245 GMT. The ambulance was responding to a 999 call when it collided with the 4×4 and ended up...
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Freezing roads lead to police, ambulance crashes in Troy – Michigan

By Karen WorkmanFor The Daily Tribune While traffic appears to moving normally through Troy this morning, that wasn’t the case Sunday night.Icy roads caused a number of vehicles to spin out and police and emergency officials trying to help them wound up being crash victims themselves.“It was a bad night,” said Lt. Bob Redmond, public...
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Six killed in ambulance crash – Brazil

BRASILIA – At least five people were killed and 50 others were injured Saturday when a bus collided with a truck on a highway in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, officials said. The accident came a day after an ambulance crash killed six people in the neighboring state of Sao Paulo. According to...
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Ambulance crashes on icy bridge – Kentucky

In Lexington, Interstate 75 is back open after a series of accidents on the Clays Ferry bridge early Friday. The first crash involved an ambulance transporting a patient from Wayne County.   The ambulance slid on the icy bridge and hit it. After that accident, a semi jackknifed and at least two other cars crashed...
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Injured paramedics helped by friends – Arizona

When two Payson paramedics were injured in a head-on collision on Highway 87 last week that nearly paralyzed one of them, local firefighters and friends immediately rushed to their side. While still pinned in the ambulance, Lifestar EMT Paul Rife II, 28, told one of the first responders to the accident and friend Matt Highstreet...
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