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January 13, 2011

Patient dies, paramedics injured after ambulance, car collide – California

A patient in an ambulance died late Wednesday night during a crash that injured five people, including two firefighters and two paramedics. Riverside County firefighters were called to the crash off Ironwood Avenue and Pigeon Pass Road at 10:45 p.m. involving a car and an ambulance, Riverside County Fire spokeswoman Cheri Patterson said in a...
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Ambulance Driver Thanks Officers Who Saved Her – New Mexico

SANTE FE, N.M. — An ambulance driver said she owes her life to two Santa Fe police officers after they rescued her from a crash.   Police said 19-year-old ambulance drive Vanessa Carillo was hit and hurt by a drunken driver while on Interstate 25 in early December.   The police officers who assisted Carillo...
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Driver In NM Ambulance Crash Legally Drunk

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Authorities say a driver who died after driving the wrong way on Interstate 25 and slamming into an ambulance was legally drunk. A report from the Office of the Medical Examiner obtained by KRQE-TV in Albuquerque says Kylene Holmes’s blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit of .08...
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Ambulance driver charged in crash – Ohio

ELYRIA โ€” A Grafton Township Fire Department ambulance driver has been charged with vehicular homicide and vehicular manslaughter in connection with a Sept. 15 crash that left an 82-year-old Hinckley Township man dead. Richard Robertson, 27, entered a not guilty plea to the misdemeanor charges in Elyria Municipal Court through his attorney on Tuesday. Defense...
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Sask. air ambulance out of commission after accident in Maple Creek – Canada

By ANGELA HALL, Leader-Post   REGINA โ€” One of the province’s three air ambulances is out of commission after an accident occurred during a Jan. 3 landing in Maple Creek. But another government plane is being converted and fitted with a stretcher system, so it can be used while the damaged aircraft is assessed, government officials...
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UPDATE: ASBURY PARK (N.J.) ACTING CAPTAIN REMAINS CRITICAL

Asbury Park (Acting) Fire Captain Jason Fazio remains in critical with 3rd degree burns over 50% at the St. Barnabas Burn Center in Livingston. He also suffered from multiple fractures including his femur, pelvis and ribs, due to the bail out. Initial reports are that he did have a bailout system but there simply was no time...
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