Accidents With Ambulances
We usually associate ambulances with life-saving - however, they are often involved in vehicle collisions that actually claim more lives in the end. What follows are a few summaries of the more recent ambulance accident reports.
*An ambulance that was on its way to the hospital and transporting a young girl was hit head-on by a car coming in the opposite direction. It turns out that the child's father was rushing to the scene when he lost control of his car. The patient had to be transferred to another ambulance before continuing on to the hospital. Everyone involved in the accident only suffered minor injuries.
*The driver of a subcompact lost control of his car and crashed into a speeding ambulance transporting a patient to the hospital. The driver of the automobile was charged with driving under the influence of marijuana. In all, four people suffered minor or non-life threatening injuries and were treated and released. The driver was then charged and taken to jail.
*Nine people were injured in an accident involving an ambulance and three cars. The ambulance flipped on its side and the two medical assistants had to be helped out of the vehicle. There were only minor injuries - and police were still investigating the cause - but the ambulance was not carrying any patients at the time of the accident.
Moral of the story is that all vehicles can be dangerous and deadly and whenever speed is involved the odds of injury or wrongful death increase substantially.
