RIVERWOODS — Investigators combed the scene Tuesday of a plane crash near here that killed three people and injured two others. The twin-engine plane, which crashed about 11 p.m. Monday near Portwine and Orange Brace roads, was carrying a medical patient from Florida to the Chicago area. The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the...Read More
ODESSA AMERICAN The Independence Day air ambulance crash that killed its three crew members and two passengers was blamed on extended landing gear and unretracted wing flaps, but pilot fatigue may have played a factor, according to a Nov. 17 federal aviation report obtained by CBS 7 News. The National Transportation Safety Board report stated no mechanical malfunctions...Read More
An ambulance from Plainsboro was heavily damaged in a traffic accident Sunday morning on Ridge Road. At 10:47 a.m., the Plainsboro Rescue Squad was responding to a mutual aid call in South Brunswick. According to South Brunswick Police, the driver of the ambulance lost control of the vehicle in the area of Ridge Road and...Read More
By Dan Hinkel and Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune reporters Before his small plane dropped from the sky, the pilot transporting a medical patient to the Chicago area radioed that he was low on fuel. The twin-engine Piper Navajo crashed in north suburban Riverwoods late Monday night, killing the pilot and an elderly couple with deep ties to the...Read More
By Ryan Haggerty and William LeeThe Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — A small airplane transporting a medical patient to the Chicago area crashed in northwest suburban Riverwoods late Monday night, killing three of the five people on board, authorities said. Among the dead was the patient, 80-year-old John Bialek of suburban Streamwood, and his wife, Ilomae,...Read More
Authorities on Monday continued investigating the cause of a collision between an East Alabama Medical Center ambulance and another vehicle Friday, said Sgt. Steven Jarrett, Alabama Department of Public Safety public information/ education unit commander. Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash involving a 1993 Buick and a 2008 ambulance on Alabama Highway 51 at 6:10...Read More
