DENVER - The widower and children of a woman who jumped to her death from a moving ambulance on Interstate 25 has filed a lawsuit accusing the ambulance company of negligence.Mellissa Watkins, 36, of Aurora, died July 8. A crew from Action Care Ambulance Inc. was transporting … [Read more...]
CRASH WRECKS FIRE TRUCK, CAR – OREGON
A vehicle driving through a crash scene Friday collided with a semi-truck and fire truck on Highway 101 near North Bend.According to a Oregon State Police press release, at approximately 6:33 p.m., a 1986 Nissan 4x4 drove through a two-vehicle non-injury crash scene. The Nissan, … [Read more...]
PARAMEDIC ON 999 CALL SERIOUSLY HURT IN CRASH – UK
By Julie MageeParamedics faced the ordeal of treating their own colleagues after an ambulance crashed on its way to a 999 call.An investigation was launched after the emergency vehicle collided with a white Ford Transit van on the B3078 Cranborne Road on Tuesday afternoon.Both … [Read more...]
CAR, AMBULANCE COLLIDE – OHIO
YOUNGSTOWN — A car driven east on Poland Avenue on Thursday morning went left of center and collided head-on with a LifeFleet ambulance, said Detective Sgt. Rob Deichman, an accident investigator. Deichman said the driver of the car, Candice Cole, 33, of Wolosyn Circle, Boardman, … [Read more...]
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF AMBULANCE CRASH – MILWAUKEE
Katie DeLongMILWAUKEE - For the first time, we are seeing dramatic video of an alleged drunk driver slamming into a Milwaukee Fire Department ambulance.The med unit contained a patient and two paramedics who were injured in the accident. The car that hit them was going the wrong … [Read more...]
GASTON COUNTY AMBULANCE CRASH INJURES 9 – NORTH CAROLINA
Nine people were injured in a six-vehicle accident Wednesday in Gastonia. A Lincoln Continental struck a Gaston County ambulance carrying a patient at about 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of Cox Road and Aberdeen Boulevard, said Clyde Kantrell, Gaston County Emergency Medical … [Read more...]
CES KEEPS UP LIFEGUARD SEARCH – ALASKA
Department personnel, Boat One comb Prince William Sound JESSICA CEJNAR Peninsula Clarion Every day since Tuesday five Central Emergency Services rescue workers have combed the inlets and fjords of Prince William Sound in the hopes of finding some clue as to the location of the … [Read more...]