NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - A Nacogdoches Fire Department ladder truck crashed into a crosswalk signal pole and a streetlight pole Monday afternoon after it took evasive action to avoid hitting a car that entered an intersection it was passing through. According to a post on the … [Read more...]
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The family of a woman, who was in the back of an ambulance when a vehicle crashed into a METRORail train, believes the crash caused her death and are now suing the ambulance company. Adriana Rodriguez and her father, Jose Rodriguez, filed a lawsuit in … [Read more...]
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - An ambulance was involved in a vehicle crash in Rockford Monday afternoon. A Rockford Fire Department ambulance was on the way to an incident with lights and sirens activated when it was struck by another vehicle. Two Rockford Fire Department personnel … [Read more...]
A fire truck found itself stuck in a sinkhole that suddenly opened up in the street and was trapped for hours until it could be hauled out. Fire crews were responding to reports a backyard in Greenslopes, an inner suburb of Melbourne, was flooded as a result of the burst main … [Read more...]
Utica, N.Y. — New York State Police have a suspect in custody after a stolen ambulance chase led law enforcement from Utica to Rochester, ultimately ending when the driver drove into the Irondequoit Bay, according to Sergeant Michael Page from New York State Police in … [Read more...]
DENHAM SPRINGS - Police are investigating a crash involving a fire engine and another vehicle in Livingston Parish Sunday afternoon. Livingston Fire officials confirmed one of their trucks was involved in the wreck on Pete's Highway but could say little else about the … [Read more...]
A MedStar EMS ambulance and another vehicle were involved in a collision late this afternoon near the intersection of Hemphill Street and Interstate 20. Officials say the MedStar paramedics were responding to an emergency call with lights and siren activated when they were … [Read more...]
A Cedar Hill Fire Protection District firefighter was hurt and a firetruck was totaled in a June 5 crash on Hwy. Y south of Tierney Farms Lane in Dittmer, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. At 9:40 p.m., Cedar Hill Engineer Kalin Graff, 23, of Fenton was driving a … [Read more...]
Two members of the Minnesota emergency services have died in the Line of Duty in crashes at the same intersection-two weeks apart. Between the 2 LODD's, 10 kids and 2 spouses are left behind. Paramedic Troy Boettcher, 51 from Meds-1 EMS in Grand Rapids (MInnesota) died in the … [Read more...]
A Craven County (North Carolina) Firefighter was killed in the Line of Duty this afternoon in a crash during bad weather while responding to an emergency call. The New Bern No. 7 Township Fire & Rescue Firefighter (name not released pending notifications) was responding to a … [Read more...]