By Lee F. Brown - lbrown@dailypress.netESCANABA — Unlike semi-truck, school bus and limousine drivers, the drivers of ambulances are not required to obtain special licensing or certification before driving, an official said Wednesday. According to Bob Struck, executive director … [Read more...]
PATIENT ATTACKED FEMALE PARAMEDIC – UK
By Nick Spoors AN ambulance crew member was attacked by a patient in Northampton town centre, in the latest of string of attacks on emergency workers. The unnamed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) was called out to an emergency near the Acorn House night shelter in Oak Street on … [Read more...]
EMERGENCY VEHICLES COLLIDE – UK
An ambulance attending an emergency call collided with a fast response paramedic car in a busy St Albans street. The ambulance is believed to have been travelling along London Road towards the city centre on Wednesday when it collided with the fast response car near the junction … [Read more...]
AMBULANCE DRIVER CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING – VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA
Virginia Beach police have charged an ambulance driver with reckless driving after they say he crashed the ambulance. It happened on Friday, March 2nd at 6:22 p.m. That's when Virginia Beach Police, Fire and Paramedics responded to the scene of a motor vehicle crash at the … [Read more...]
Two Delta County residents were killed Monday when the ambulance they were in rear-ended a tractor-trailer on U.S. 41 near M-94 in Skandia Township. The Rampart EMS ambulance carrying a driver, two crewmembers and a patient was traveling northbound at a high rate of speed on an … [Read more...]
PA. FAMILY TO GET $5.3M OVER BABY'S INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AMBULANCE ACCIDENT
The York Dispatch (Pennsylvania)Copyright 2007 York Newspapers, Inc.All Rights Reserved FRANKLIN, Pa. A medical equipment company and other defendants have agreed to pay $5.3 million to the family of a baby who suffered severe head injuries when a vehicle slammed into an … [Read more...]
TWO DIE IN AMBULANCE CRASH – SKANDIA TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN
The previous posting had the story reference the crash. Here is a video link:http://wluc.images.worldnow.com/images/incoming/3-5clip3.wmv … [Read more...]
CAR COLLIDES WITH AMBULANCE, TWO HURT – HOUSTON, TEXAS
A Houston paramedic was injured after the ambulance he was in ran into a passenger vehicle while on the way to a call at Williams Tower in the Galleria area Wednesday morning. The accident occurred around 10:15 a.m. near Post Oak and West Alabama. The ambulance was enroute to a … [Read more...]
PA. FAMILY TO GET $5.3M OVER BABY’S INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AMBULANCE ACCIDENT
The York Dispatch (Pennsylvania)Copyright 2007 York Newspapers, Inc.All Rights Reserved FRANKLIN, Pa. A medical equipment company and other defendants have agreed to pay $5.3 million to the family of a baby who suffered severe head injuries when a vehicle slammed into an … [Read more...]
More details of Monday’s fatal accident involving a Rampart EMS ambulance and logging truck have been released. The crash killed OSF St. Francis registered nurse Lisa Hanson and patient Carrie Roberts, who was being transported to Marquette General Hospital.Lanna Scannell, … [Read more...]