MUSCLE SHOALS — Emergency personnel were trying to clear an accident this morning involving a tractor-trailer truck hauling gravel and an ambulance at Wilson Dam Road and Avalon Avenue, officials said.
Police said one person was injured in the accident that happened at 7:05 a.m.
The person, a female passenger in the ambulance, was taken to Helen Keller Hospital. Emergency personnel said the victim was talking and alert. The ambulance was responding to a medical call when the accident occurred, authorities said.
Officials at the scene said Keller EMS ambulance was attempting to turn north onto Wilson Dam Road, when it was struck by the tractor-trailer truck, which was also traveling north.
The truck spilled gravel across the roadway.
Police and emergency personnel shut down the intersection as they tried to clear the debris.
Officials urged motorists to avoid the intersection.
Muscle Shoals Police Department is investigating the wreck.
