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Ambulance rear-ended by speeding car

Two paramedics suffered minor injuries and the ambulance was destroyed after it was hit and pushed into a tree as the crew was pulling out of the station

Perth Now

ALICE SPRINGS, Australia — An ambulance responding to a job has been heavily damaged after it was rear-ended by a speeding car.

Police believe the ambulance had just seconds before pulled out of the station on Telegraph Tce, Alice Springs when it was struck from behind by a Holden Commodore and pushed into a tree about 11.50pm.

The two paramedics in the ambulance suffered minor injuries and were taken to hospital. They are expected to be released this morning.

Read full story: Paramedics taken to hospital after an ambulance was rear-ended by speeding car in Alice Springs