Ambulance crashes
Ambulance involved in wreck; no serious injures reported
Posted on 15 May 2012
THOMASVILLE, NC – An ambulance transporting a patient to Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem received significant damage after it collided with an SUV at the intersection of N.C. Highway 109 North and West Lexington Avenue Extension. First responders were dispatched to the wreck at 8:27 a.m. Monday, said Zach Jordan, deputy chief of the Hasty [...] Continue Reading
General News
Jefferson County jury clears ambulance driver in fatal wreck
Posted on 12 May 2012
BESSEMER, Alabama — A Jefferson County jury in Bessemer today cleared an ambulance driver of manslaughter in a 2009 wreck on Interstate 20/59 in Bessemer which left a 72-year-old woman dead. Family members of Sherrie Denise Varnon, 40, of Quinton squealed with excitement upon hearing the not guilty verdict returned to Circuit Judge David Hobdy [...] Continue Reading
Ambulance crashes
Ambulance, vehicle in crash on Route 422
Posted on 12 May 2012
READING, PA – Two people were injured in an accident Tuesday afternoon involving an ambulance and another vehicle on the West Shore Bypass in Exeter Township. The accident occurred about 2:40 in the westbound lanes of the bypass, which is Route 422, between the Mount Penn and Interstate 176 exits. A patient was in the [...] Continue Reading
General News
Ambulance driver on trial for manslaughter
Posted on 12 May 2012
BESSEMER, AL (WBRC) - An ambulance driver is on trial in Bessemer, charged with manslaughter for killing a 72-year-old woman in a 2009 wreck. Sherrie Stone Varnon is accused of causing the wreck that killed Norma Alexander. Today in opening statements, prosecutors said Varnon was reckless while driving an ambulance and scrolling on her phone [...] Continue Reading
General News
Pedestrian crash involving ambulance ruled suicide
Posted on 12 May 2012
Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — The pedestrian hit by an ambulance last month committed suicide, according to the Clark County Coroner’s Office. 46-year-old Carlos Hernandez was struck by an ambulance on East Lake Mead Boulevard near Pecos the night of April 22. Police said at the time Hernandez was crossing the street outside of a [...] Continue Reading
Ambulance crashes
Paramedics Injured After Southeast Wichita Crash
Posted on 07 May 2012
WICHITA, KS – Two paramedics are recovering from injuries after a car struck an ambulance, and tipped the emergency vehicle over. It happened near Lincoln and Hillside around 3:55 a.m. Monday. Authorities said an EMS crew was returning to the station after a routine call, when a car traveling south on Hillside hit the ambulance. [...] Continue Reading
Ambulance crashes
Ambulance involved in rollover crash in Manchester
Posted on 07 May 2012
MANCHESTER, CT (WFSB) - Police in Manchester are investigating the cause of a crash involving an ambulance and a mini van on Saturday night. It happened just before 10 p.m. near the intersection of Oak and Spruce Streets. Police said the ambulance was traveling east on Oak Street with its siren and emergency lights flashing [...] Continue Reading
Ambulance crashes
Fire truck and ambulance crash, three injured
Posted on 07 May 2012
OVID TWP., MI — Three emergency workers were taken to Sparrow Health System in Lansing after an Ovid-Middlebury Fire Department truck and an ambulance crashed Sunday morning. Clinton County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Jeff Clarke said the vehicles were responding to a call for house fire — it ended up being a chimney fire — shortly [...] Continue Reading
General News
Police end ambulance joy ride
Posted on 07 May 2012
TOLEDO, OH – A woman is in custody after police say she stole an ambulance from the emergency room driveway at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center and went on a short joy ride Friday night. Jessica Manns, 32, of 4303 Monroe St. was charged with grand theft and felonious assault. She was being held Friday [...] Continue Reading
Ambulance crashes
Car crashes into ambulance in south Charlotte
Posted on 07 May 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A car crashed into an ambulance on Park Road near Kingfisher Drive in south Charlotte Friday night, according to paramedics. There was a patient in the ambulance being taken to Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville at the time, but that person did not suffer any injuries in the wreck, according to officials. Paramedics said [...] Continue Reading
General News
Chicago paramedic accused of Facebook sex talk with 11-year-old girl
Posted on 07 May 2012
CHICAGO, IL – A veteran Chicago Fire Department paramedic was charged with engaging in sexually explicitFacebook conversations with an 11-year-old girl, Cook County prosecutors said Friday. Mark Scanlon, 42, a nine-year veteran of the department, was charged with indecent solicitation of a minor and child exploitation. Judge Donald Panarese Jr. set bail at $50,000. According to [...] Continue Reading
General News, Staffing and Service
Lack of Volunteers Causes Ambulance Service to Close
Posted on 07 May 2012
Bristol, N.Y.— Bristol Volunteer Ambulance has done what it can to attract more members. They’ve tried holding open houses, clambakes and recruiting through word-of-mouth. “We’re always looking for volunteers,” says Bob Frost, the captain of the Bristol Rescue Squad. “If someone new comes into the area, we fill them in on it.” In its heyday, [...] Continue Reading
Ambulance crashes
Ambulance driver charged in fatal wreck in Lynchburg
Posted on 04 May 2012
LYNCHBURG, VA - Police have charged the driver of the ambulance involved in a fatal wreck in Lynchburg on Thursday with reckless driving. A Lynchburg Police Department news release issued just after noon on Friday said that the driver – Justin Kidd, 25, of Rustburg – failed to stop at the red light at the intersection of [...] Continue Reading
General News
Local EMS director charged with sexual abuse
Posted on 02 May 2012
MARSHALLTOWN, IA – The Service Director of the North Central Region of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services is charged with third-degree sexual abuse following a Sunday night incident. Grundy County Sheriff’s Office arrested Scott Van Meter, 45, of Grundy Center at 8:40 p.m. after a 45-year-old woman claimed she had been sexually assaulted, according [...] Continue Reading
Ambulance crashes
At least one injured in ambulance accident
Posted on 02 May 2012
LAWRENCE, KS – An ambulance driver, en route to an emergency call on Interstate 70, hydroplaned and lost control of the vehicle in a one-vehicle accident at noon Sunday. The ambulance struck an inside barrier wall head on. One of the passengers, a 41-year-old Lawrence man, was injured and taken by a private vehicle to [...] Continue Reading
Ambulance crashes
Tow truck hits ambulance in Prince George’s County
Posted on 30 April 2012
CLINTON, Md. – A Prince George’s County ambulance was involved in a multiple vehicle collision Sunday, sending four people to the hospital. Mark Brady, a spokesman for the Prince George’s County Fire Department, says the crash happened around 5 p.m. at Branch Avenue and Surrats Road. The ambulance had its sirens on when it was [...] Continue Reading
Ambulance crashes
Two vehicle collision involving an ambulance in Kennesaw
Posted on 30 April 2012
KENNESAW, GA – A Georgia EMS ambulance was one of two vehicles involved in a motor vehicle accident this afternoon in Kennesaw. The accident happened on Stilesboro Road and Old Highway 41 near the Kennesaw Battlefield. One patient that the Georgia EMS ambulance was transporting at the time of the accident suffered minor injuries as [...] Continue Reading
Ambulance crashes
Ambulance involved in rollover accident in Palmview
Posted on 30 April 2012
Harlingen, Texas - Authorities are investigating a two-car accident that sent several people to the hospital and left an ambulance knocked over on its side. The accident happened off Expressway 83 and South Bentsen Palm Drive in Palmview around 9:45 a.m. Thursday. Palmview police told Action 4 News that the ambulance was headed south on Bentsen [...] Continue Reading
General News, What Were They Thinking?
Ambulance Driver Arrested After Chase, Holding Co-Worker ‘Against His Will’
Posted on 24 April 2012
Откъде да купя иконаPHILADELPHIA, PA – A man is in police custody after he led police on a short pursuit in an ambulance all while holding a co-worker “against his will.” According to investigators, the incident began when police spotted the ambulance in an area where it shouldn’t have been. The ambulance, according to authorities, [...] Continue Reading
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