CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A crash involving a county EMS vehicle on Savannah Highway, left one with life-threatening injuries Tuesday.
The crash occurred shortly before 6:30 a.m., and deputies with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area on Savannah Highway and Hughes Road in Charleston.
According to the released statement, a Charleston County EMS unit was traveling northbound on Savannah Highway when a car attempted to cross over Savannah Highway from Hughes Road. The car failed to yield to the right-of-way, causing the county EMS unit to hit the side of the car. A third vehicle, a tractor trailer, was hit when the car and the EMS unit were coming to a final stop.
The EMS unit was not transporting any patients at the time of the collision, nor were lights and sirens being used, the release stated.
