Vehicle Crashes
The vehicle crashes topic contains news about single or multiple car crashes, ambulance crashes as well as vehicular risks and challenges to EMS providers.
It is our responsibility to respond, no matter what the potential hazards may be, so what is your agency training on?
A busy roadway is hands-down the most dangerous environment where we routinely work
The Independence Day holiday can increase the number of intoxicated patients and bystanders you’re likely to encounter on your shift so be careful out there
Two Vallejo firefighter/paramedics were injured while rescuing the patient from a burning vehicle
Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy said six of the injured firefighters were transported to local trauma centers
At least 17 patients were transported by EMS to hospitals after a wagon carrying children and adults overturned near Chippewa Falls
The intersection of Robert Smalls Parkway and Savannah Highway in Beaufort County is the site of numerous motor vehicle collisions
First responders in Apache Junction transported 10 patients to hospitals
First responders in Saginaw arrived on the scene to find the truck and house on fire and the driver lying on the roof
The driver of a car failed to yield to the right of way and crashed into the ambulance, causing it to flip onto its roof
One person died and two others were injured in the Linn County crash
The 911 caller told the operator that the driver was lying on the ground outside the Gwinnett County house
First responders from several departments and agencies worked the scene in Old Saybrook
Authorities charged the driver with criminal vehicular homicide after striking Methodist Hospital employees outside a St. Louis Park restaurant
36 patients were transported to hospitals after a bus overturned on Interstate 20 near Bovina
Jefferson County Rescue Squad Assistant Chief Jeremy Sutton was killed when a tractor-trailer struck the ambulance
A van carrying 14 people rolled over several times after it went off the highway in Alvord
Spokane Valley firefighters faced a driver “in crisis” who had crashed their car into a JCPenny store
LifeNet helicopters transported three patients from an MCI crash in Exeter
Officials said one patient had been flown to a trauma center after a vehicle crashed into a staging area at the Huron County Fair
John Papendick held many positions in the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps and will be remembered for his caring and giving heart
The firefighter had stopped to render aid at an MVC near Georgetown
An Emerson Ambulance Service paramedic was killed when a driver crossed the center lane and struck the ambulance
Officials in Palm Beach County said the Ford Explorer failed to negotiate a turn, striking a guardrail before overturning
“The EMT I was specifically with was very adamant on trying to get the patient out of the back of the vehicle, which I applaud him for,” a good Samaritan said
Authorities believe the driver may have suffered a medical emergency before crashing into the Brooklyn fast food restaurant
A vehicle that slowed down for an oncoming Springfield Township ambulance was struck from behind and sent into the path of the ambulance
Rescue Specialist and Paramedic Matthew King of Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue and three sheriff’s office members were killed while returning from a wildfire
A St. Louis firefighter admitted to stealing a wallet and credit card from a patient during a fatal crash
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