By Howard Pankratz The Denver PostCopyright 2007 The Denver PostThe air-ambulance flight service whose plane crashed Friday in southwestern Colorado, killing three medical workers, previously failed to report accidents and incidents involving its planes to regulators, a federal … [Read more...]
AMBULANCE DRIVER ARRESTED FOR DUI – WEST VIRGINIA
A West Virginia ambulance driver has been arrested in Ashland this morning. He was charged with a drug abuse DUI. Ashland police say Steven Ray Marcum of Mingo County ran two downtown red lights while transporting a patient in a Jan Care Ambulance.Police say Marcum failed the … [Read more...]
POLICE: AMBULANCE DRIVER PARTLY TO BLAME FOR CRASH – VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA
Police have determined that a Medic Ambulance driver was partly at fault for a crash that hurled the emergency vehicle into a Vallejo house last month, a Vallejo Police Department spokesman said Monday. Lt. Rick Nichelman said an investigation into the accident found EMT Owen … [Read more...]
AMBULANCE CREW INJURED IN ACCIDENT EN ROUTE TO HOSPITAL
Five people were recovering Saturday night from a crash involving a St. Louis Fire Department ambulance. Authorities are calling the crash an example of a huge problem they deal with daily, drivers failing to yield for emergency vehicles. When you hear a siren or see flashing … [Read more...]
GREENE COUNTY SHERRIFF’S DEPUTY KILLED IN COLLISION WITH EMERGENCY RESPONDER – MISSOURI
The Greene County Sheriff's department has announced funeral services for one of its own killed in the line of duty this weekend. Deputy Gary McCormack was killed as his car collided with another emergency vehicle driven by a firefighter from Ebenezer as the two rushed to the … [Read more...]
MEDICAL PLANE FROM PHOENIX MISSING – ARIZONA
FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said the flight originated in Phoenix and was headed to Alamosa. Those aboard were the pilot, a flight nurse and a paramedic.A search is underway for a fixed-wing medical plane carrying a pilot and two medical staff members that crashed in southwest … [Read more...]
DRUNK ATTACKS PARAMEDIC BOSS – WINNEPEG, CANADA
By Meghan HurleyA paramedic supervisor was sitting in his vehicle filling out paper work when an intoxicated man opened the passenger-side door, threatened him and punched him several times in the face, police said. The attack happened around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday near Charles … [Read more...]