By Steve Frank
A North Wilkesboro woman was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after colliding with a Wilkes EMS ambulance on an emergency call late last night in Wilkesboro—and is being charged with DWI and other counts in connection with the wreck. Wilkesboro Police say 22-year old Stevie Lee Hamby not only failed to yield for the ambulance, which was entering the intersection on 421 and Winkler Mill with lights and siren, but she ran her red light and slammed into the ambulance while trying to turn east-bound. Ms. Hamby was rushed from the scene to the Winston-Salem hospital, but was conscious and alert, according to police. The ambulance crew did not sustain any injuries in the 9:55pm accident, but the ambulance had an estimated $10,000 in damage while the VW Stevie Hamby was driving was totaled.
