BENTON HARBOR, MI — An ambulance and two school buses crashed in Southwest Michigan, causing serious injuries to paramedics, police said.
It happened around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, on M-139 near East Empire Avenue, the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office reports.
A Medic 1 ambulance was responding with lights and sirens activated to a cardiac arrest priority call in Benton Harbor, heading north on M-139 approaching the light at the intersection of East Empire Avenue, police said.
Witnesses told police the light had just turned red for north/south traffic.
The First Student driver and bus driver assistants suffered minor injuries and the Berrien RESA bus driver did not suffer any injures. The RESA assistant suffer minor injuries, police said.
The Berrien County Sheriff’s Office Crash Investigation unit was called to the scene to assist in the investigation.
The crash remains under investigation. Drugs or alcohol are not factors in this crash, police said.
