JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. — An ambulance was hit by a car while responders were working a rollover crash on an interstate Monday. KFVS12.com reported that the Ina Police Department, Litton's ambulance services, the Jefferson Fire Protection District, the Jefferson County … [Read more...]
NTSB: Copter not certified to fly in conditions before crash that killed former Roman – Local – Northwest Georgia News back Side Panel NTSB: Copter not certified to fly in conditions before crash that killed former Roman
JEFF MARTIN, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A medical helicopter was not certified for flying in the foggy, low-visibility conditions it encountered before crashing last month with a patient in southeast Alabama, killing all four aboard, federal investigators say in a newly … [Read more...]
Car slams into SF ambulance, injuring 4 on board
A San Francisco Fire Department ambulance transporting a patient was broadsided by a car that failed to yield at an intersection, police said Monday. Four people inside the ambulance were injured, including the patient, who suffered a head injury during the crash, said Officer … [Read more...]
Ambulance crashes in Campbell County – Virginia
An Altavista life saving crew ambulance crashed on U.S. 29 in Campbell County Sunday afternoon, according to Virginia State Police. The crash took place at 1:49 p.m. in the 3100 block of Wards Road in the Altavista area due to a left front tire blowout, said Trooper T.L. … [Read more...]
Texas Paramedic Taken to Hospital After Being Bitten, Hit With Guitar
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A man is in jail after a paramedic was bit in the chest and hit in the head with a guitar Wednesday night in Flour Bluff, police said. About 7:20 p.m. witnesses called police after they saw a man trying to jump a fence in the 3200 block of Flour Bluff … [Read more...]
Patient dies in Ambulance crash in Anderson Co. – South Carolina
A patient in a Hart County EMS ambulance died following a crash in Anderson County, Friday afternoon. The crash happened at the corner of Highway 28 and Highway 29 Business between the ambulance and a tractor trailer. The patient in the ambulance went into cardiac arrest and … [Read more...]
Ambulance wrecks on wet roads on Interstate 79 – West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — There were reportedly no patients on board a Jan-Care ambulance when it wrecked on wet roads in Monongalia County Thursday afternoon. According to 911 officials the emergency vehicle crossed the median of Interstate 79 near the Goshen Road exit and rolled … [Read more...]