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- 01.28.12
Danbury: Man cut free following ambulance crash – UK
POLICE have launched an investigation after a road crash involving an ambulance conveying a critically ill patient.
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The East of England Ambulance Service vehicle, which was using its blue lights at the time, overturned into a ditch after colliding with a van in Main Road, Danbury, between Hulls Lane and Riffhams Lane, shortly before 10.30am this morning.
It was transporting a man in his 70s who had been unconcious from a house in Great Totham to Broomfield Hospital, in Chelmsford, when the accident happened. The man, who the ambulance service insist remained in a stable condition, was taken by a second ambulance to Broomfield Hospital.
Three members of the initial ambulance crew were also assessed by colleagues and taken separately to the same hospital with minor injuries.
Fire crews from Chelmsford and Baddow were also called to the scene and released a trapped man within 40 minutes.
It is not known whether the trapped man was the patient or a member of the ambulance crew.
A spokesman for Essex Police confirmed they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the collision and said that the road was closed for about two hours.
Ambulance service spokesman Gary Sanderson added: “An immediate investigation has been launched by our trust to find out the cause of the collision this morning and we are working closely with Essex Police."… - 01.28.12
Ambulance and car collide – Minnesota
On Thursday morning Waite Park Police were called to an accident between an ambulance and a car at the intersection of County Road 75 and 28th Avenue.
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An ambulance was traveling eastbound on County Road 75 with its red lights and sirens on. According to police, the ambulance entered the intersection on a red light while the driver of another car was making a left turn to go westbound on County Road 75 with a green light when the ambulance hit the car.
The driver of the ambulance 35-year-old Holly Bershceit and the patient being transported 61-year-old Barbara Lieser and her husband 63-year-old Kenneth Lieser were not injured in the crash. The driver of the car, James Hanson did not need hospitalization…. - 01.28.12
Critical patient ambulance crashes – UK
An ambulance transporting a critically ill patient has been involved in a road accident in Essex.
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An East of England Ambulance Service spokesman confirmed that the accident happened in Main Road, Danbury, at 10.25am on Friday.
Firefighters were called and a spokesman confirmed a man had been cut free from the vehicle.
Ambulance service spokesman Gary Sanderson said that the accident happened when a patient was being transported from Great Tothan in Maldon to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.
At the time, the ambulance was using its blue lights.
The ambulance collided with a van and overturned into a ditch. The patient, a man, was taken in another ambulance to Broomfield Hospital.
The three ambulance clinicians on board at the time were assessed on scene for minor injuries and were also taken to the hospital.
Mr Sanderson said: "An immediate investigation has been launched by our Trust to find out the cause of the collision this morning and we are working closely with Essex Police."
Paramedics were called to the patient’s home after reports that he was unconscious.
A second ambulance arrived at the scene "within minutes" of the accident and the man, in his 70s, remained in a stable condition…. - 01.28.12
Paramedic injured in crash – Australia
By Amy Remeikis
A Brisbane paramedic is recovering after being bumped by a car overnight.
Police are hunting for two men who fled the scene of the accident just before 1am.
Officers are still piecing together what happened after ambulance and fire crews responded to a single vehicle crash on the Centenary Highway at Mt Ommaney.
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A driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a concrete barricade and while he was being treated for minor injuries, traffic was slowed and moved into one lane while the wreckage was cleared.
A police spokeswoman said it appeared a vehicle approaching the scene didn’t note the changed conditions and hit a car in front.
A chain reaction of small crashes occurred, which ended with a parked ambulance and a paramedic being hit.
A Department of Community Services spokeswoman said the paramedic had “soft tissue” injuries and she was taken to hospital as a precaution, but did not require admittance.
Police are speaking with a number of men who were in the car which caused the crash, while still looking for those who fled.…
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No injuries in 3-vehicle accident involving ambulance in Newington – New Hampshire
By AMANDA BELAND
abeland@fosters.comNEWINGTON — No one was injured in a three vehicle fender-bender that involved an ambulance on the Spaulding Turnpike during rush hour Wednesday evening.
According to Sgt. Steven Cooper with New Hampshire State Police Troop A, three vehicles, including an ambulance, were involved in a rear-end collision accident in the northbound lane near the General Sullivan Bridge in Newington at 5:34 p.m.
Details on which vehicles struck which or names of drivers and makes of vehicles were not available.
No one was injured and no one was transported as a result of the accident
The lanes were closed briefly after the accident occurred.
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