Knoxville News-Sentinel
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two emergency medical technicians were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries Saturday morning after being extracted from an ambulance that flipped on Interstate 640, the Knoxville Police Department reported.
The 2:45 a.m. accident occurred as the ambulance approached the overpass from I-640 to Interstate 40.
The driver lost control and the Rural/Metro ambulance ran off the right side of the interstate, hitting a guardrail and overturning, the report stated. Both EMTs were extracted by Knoxville Fire Department and Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad personnel.
The ambulance was en route to a call and had emergency equipment activated.
Copyright 2011 Knoxville News-Sentinel Co.
All Rights Reserved