NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Police are now investigating after they say a man inside the ER at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital left the facility and stole an ambulance before crashing the vehicle in the parking lot. Norfolk police officers responded to the hospital, which is located at 600 Gresham Drive, around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday regarding...Read More
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) – An ambulance hit and killed a pedestrian in Tennessee early Tuesday morning, according to a news release obtained by WVLT. The City of Alcoa said the crash happened just after midnight when an American Medical Response ambulance was driving on Alcoa Highway. The ambulance hit a person walking in the...Read More
Two people have died after a car and ambulance collided south of Cambridge. The driver of an ambulance injured in a fatal accident south of Cambridge has died. The Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade was called out about 3.40am on Wednesday morning to a collision between an ambulance and a car on SH1 near Karapiro. The...Read More
On 9/14/1815 the first use of gooseneck piping for fire engines was reported in Boston, Massachusetts. The early American hand pump fire engines with a solid medal playpipe were called a gooseneck. On 9/14/1875 three Manhattan, New York (FDNY) firefighters died during a “public demonstration that was held to demonstrate the first aerial ladders in...Read More
