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February 2, 2012

Two firefighters injured in ambulance accident in south Birch Bay – Washington

By Jeremy Schwartz An accident in south Birch Bay on Wednesday sent three people, two of them from Blaine, to the hospital and totaled a North Whatcom Fire and Rescue (NWFR) ambulance.  At about 3 p.m. on February 1, Blaine resident Timothy Howe, 56, was driving south on Kickerville Road in his 2005 Ford Edge...
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Fayette County man accused of attacking medic with shovel – Pennsylvania

By Moriah Balingit, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A Fayette County man was arraigned today on charges of aggravated assault after police said he swung a shovel at a medic answering a call at a neighboring apartment late Sunday. Robert Shaner, 58, of Connellsville, is also charged with terroristic threats, reckless endangerment, resisting law enforcement, harassment and public...
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Patient cut free after UK ambulance collision

DANBURY, England — A critically ill patient had to be cut from an ambulance after it careered into a ditch while on an emergency call. Peter Langley, 74, from Great Totham, had been picked up from his home and was being driven to Broomfield Hospital when the ambulance transporting him collided with a van on Main...
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HESPERIA: 2 firefighters, 2 others hurt in collision – California

By Steven Barrie A San Bernardino County fire ambulance was involved in a collision today as it responded to a medical call in Hesperia. The ambulance was traveling north on U.S. Highway 395 when it was hit about 2:15 p.m. by another vehicle at Main Street, said Tracey Martinez, spokeswoman for the Fire Department. The...
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Great Totham: Stroke victim survives ambulance crash – UK

A STROKE victim’s family have told of their panic after the ambulance he was travelling in overturned in a ditch. Great Totham pensioner Peter Langley, 74, suffered a stroke on Friday morning and was being taken to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, when the ambulance collided with a Royal Mail van in Danbury. Another ambulance had to...
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TEEN FACES DUI CHARGES IN CHICAGO APPARATUS CRASH

A Dolton teenager whose car collided Tuesday night with a Chicago Fire Department engine on the South Side has been charged with drunken driving, police said. They said the crash occurred about 6:15 p.m. at Halsted Street and 128th Place, injuring nine people, including three children and four fire department personnel. Three children and two...
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