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September 15, 2011

EMS truck crashes into car while transporting shooting victim – North Carolina

Man dead after Creekwood shooting; ambulance carrying 2nd victim involved in crash.Wilmington Police say one man is dead and another hurt after a shooting in the Creekwood community Wednesday night. The shooting happened just before 10 p.m. Wednesday at 1005 North 30th Street. According to police at the scene of the shooting, two black males...
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Injured paramedics in ambulance crash help citizen first – Georgia

ALBANY, GA – Dougherty County E-M-S leaders are praising two paramedics who treated an injured driver even after they were hurt in a crash. Paramedic Jeff Rambo says he’s still sore after Tuesday’s crash but glad he wasn’t more seriously hurt. He and paramedic Elizabeth Posey were driving South on Madison Street responding to a...
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Emergency Response in Ambulances: Avoiding Head-On Collisions on Two-Lane Roadways

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, there were168 ambulance crashes in Missouri during 2009. In 26% of those crashes, theambulance was on an emergency run. In 2009, 60% of Missouri ambulance crashes involvedstriking another vehicle and a person was killed or injured in an ambulancecrash every 4.5 days. Missouri EMS has recently experienced several...
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2 FF LODD, 1 Inj-Explosion-South Dakota (The Secret List)

2 FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN SOUTH DAKOTA-STRUCTURAL EXPLOSION The Secret List www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com It is with deep regret that we advise you that 2 Volunteer Firefighters from the Hutterite Sunset Colony* have died in the Line of Duty died and another FF was injured after an explosion this morning northwest of community of Britton. The incident occurred in the...
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Police say teen tried to steal hospital helicopter – Alabama

 TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Police are accusing a teenager of trying to steal a medical helicopter shortly after it landed at Citizens Baptist Medical Center. Talladega police Capt. of Investigations Ronnie Jones tells The Daily Home newspaper (http://bit.ly/q9b9ZX) that police arrested the 16-year-old. An officer assigned to guard the chopper while the crew was inside the hospital getting...
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Nine Students Died in Campaign Tragedy – Liberia

 Nine students were among 11 killed after a Toyota Land Cruiser ambulance crashed into a crowd in Vonzula Town in Garwula District, Grand Cape Mount County Tuesday night. 19 persons were also seriously injured in the same accident. The crowd had been waiting all day for the arrival of visiting Liberia Transformation Party presidential candidate...
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