At least four people died and five people were injured after an explosion leveled a gas station near Winterplace ski resort this morning. A firefighter and a paramedic were among the injured at the Flat Top Lakefront Grocery on Route 19, said Kim O'Brien, spokeswoman for the … [Read more...]
SPECIAL REPORT: SOME RESCUERS POSE THREAT
Substance abuse rises among paramedics in California, putting the public at risk.By Andrew McIntosh - Bee Staff Writer (SacBee.com)Published 12:00 am PST Sunday, January 28, 2007Paramedic Michael Carey, high on drugs and in desperate need of money, arrived at the accident scene … [Read more...]
A Riggs Ambulance Service ambulance rolled on its side about 8:25 a.m. at Meadows and West Olive avenues while responding to a medical emergency on Denver Avenue. The driver, 22-year-old emergency medical technician Megan Hazeltine, and paramedic Derrick Olzack were not … [Read more...]
SOME SAY AMBULANCE CRASHES INCREASING – PENNSYLVANIA
By JENNIFER NEJMAN For The Evening SunArticle Launched: 01/29/2007 10:01:02 AM ESTSome EMS experts say they are seeing more ambulance crashes in this area. They range from fender-benders to more serious crashes, such as the one last week at routes 30 and 616 in West Manchester … [Read more...]
TRUCK COLLIDES WITH POLICE CAR AND AMBULANCE – SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Traffic was stalled on Interstate 95 in Chatham County early Sunday after a string of crashes, including one involving a police car and an ambulance.Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police were investigating a wreck on I-95 north between the Interstate 16 and Ga. 204 exits when the … [Read more...]
BOXER-CLAD MOTORIST CHARGED IN ASSAULT OF PA. PARAMEDIC
By Patrick LesterMorning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania)Standing nearly naked in the cold after crashing his car in Bedminster Township last week, a Montgomery County man insisted someone poured acid on him and torched his car, then he beat up a paramedic after an ambulance crew … [Read more...]
YORK, Pa. -- Authorities said a woman being rushed to York Hospital was pronounced dead after the ambulance she was being transported in was involved in a collision. Officials said five people were injured Tuesday when the ambulance from Biglerville collided with a car at the … [Read more...]