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AMR AMBULANCE BURNS, EXPLODES IN BUFFALO, 2 INJURED

 Rick Markley    February 21, 2018    No Comments

By Maki Becker, Buffalo News: An AMR ambulance that had been idling by the maintenance bay had caught fire late Tuesday morning, and then tanks of compressed oxygen inside the burning ambulance blew up, sending shrapnel hurtling through the air in a 100-foot radius, Buffalo … [Read more...]

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EIGHT HURT IN KENTUCKY EMS CRASH

 Rick Markley    February 18, 2018    No Comments

A nasty crash yesterday in Falmouth, Ky., involved five children and a Pendleton County ambulance. WLWT reports that Johnnie McCoy was driving northbound on US-27 and lost control on snowy and icy roads, crashing her Chevrolet into the EMS crew. Medic Cherie Sullivan was unable … [Read more...]

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OHIO FLIGHT MEDIC HURT, RECOVERING

 Rick Markley    February 8, 2018    No Comments

At approximately 6:45 p.m. Feb. 4, while en route to a referring facility to begin a patient transport, MedFlight’s Columbus-based Mobile ICU team was involved in an accident with injuries to one of the medical crew members. There were no fatalities. First responders transported … [Read more...]

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TENN. MEDIC CHOPPER GOES DOWN, ALL SURVIVE

 Rick Markley    November 8, 2017    No Comments

A medical helicopter carrying three crew members crash landed late this morning. All three crew members suffered minor injuries; there was no patient on board. According to WREG, the chopper landed hard near the Union City (Tenn.) Police 911 building. The Air Evac Lifeteam … [Read more...]

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MAN STEALS MICH. AMBULANCE, LEADS COPS ON CHASE

 Rick Markley    October 10, 2017    No Comments

A Macomb Township, Michigan man was taken into custody after he jumped in drove off in an unattended MedStar ambulance idling at a hospital during a patient delivery. The 21-year-old led police on a brief chase through Mount Clemens before running the ambulance off the road … [Read more...]

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 ems, vehicle safety, weird news

AMBULANCE ROLLED IN T-BONE CRASH, FOUR INJURED

 Rick Markley    August 4, 2017    No Comments

A Baytown (Texas) Fire Department ambulance was T-boned by a motorist in an SUV while running lights en route to a motor vehicle crash Thursday. The force of the impact flipped the ambulance on its side. Two medical students in the back of the rig were flown to the hospital, … [Read more...]

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 ambulance, crash, ems, firefighter safety, road safety

SEMI SLAMS INTO EN ROUTE AMBULANCE

 Rick Markley    June 20, 2017    No Comments

Saturday, a Butler County, Kan., EMS rig was en route to a motor vehicle crash when it was violently struck by a semi. According to one witness, the two operating the ambulance had to be extricated, but were uninjured. The truck driver was taken to the hospital for minor … [Read more...]

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