Woman killed after car-ambulance crash – Arizona

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. (AP) – A head-on crash between an ambulance and a car in Fountain Hills has left a woman dead and two medical personnel injured

The Arizona Department of Public Safety says the female driver of the car was driving in the wrong direction and was killed in the accident Tuesday night. Her name is being withheld until relatives are notified.

DPS officials say the Lifestar ambulance was on its way back to Payson when the crash occured about 8 p.m. Tuesday on State Route 87, also known as the Beeline Highway.

The ambulance driver and a medic were the only occupants of the Lifestar vehicle. They were taken to a Scottsdale hospital with non life-threatening neck and back injuries.