TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) Traffic on Interstate 35 northbound at mile marker 296 was snarled Thursday morning after a crash that involved two 18-wheelers and a Scott & White Medical Center ambulance.
The ambulance was parked on North General Bruce Drive parallel to the crash site with its emergency lights activated when the passing vehicle clipped its mirror.
A paramedic and the driver of the 18-wheeler were in the back of the ambulance at the time, but neither was injured.
The driver refused hospital treatment.
The accident involving two 18-wheelers was reported at around 6:40 a.m. on the northbound interstate just south of Midway Drive.
By 8:20 a.m., traffic was backed up to U.S. Highway 190.
Under Texas law, drivers approaching an emergency vehicle that’s stopped on a roadway are required to move out the lane closest to the emergency vehicle or to slow down to 20 miles per hour below the posted speed limit.
