Patient dies after ambulance is hit by SUV, overturns.

Date: 07/24/2012
Time: Around 10:00 A.M.
Location: Glencoe, Kentucky
Vehicle(s) Involved: Jeep Cherokee, ambulance

By kypost

"GLENCOE, Ky. - A patient who was being taken to an area clinic for medical treatment died Tuesday after the ambulance he was riding in was struck by another vehicle and overturned in Northern Kentucky.
Two members of the Gallatin County Fire Department were transporting (censored), 59, of Dry Ridge, when an SUV struck the ambulance on U.S. 127 near Tapering Pointe Road in Glencoe just before 10 a.m.
Police say the SUV, driven by Hunter LeGrand, 22, of Warsaw, struck a pole and a mailbox before crossing the center line and colliding with the ambulance head-on.
The ambulance overturned and landed on its roof.
Little was flown to University Hospital by a medical helicopter where he died from his injuries. An EMT who was in the back of the ambulance with Little, David Waltz, 25, of Carrollton, was also flown to University Hospital by a medical helicopter.
The driver of the ambulance, Justin Shields, 21, of Ghent, was transported by another ambulance to University Hospital.
LeGrand had to be extricated from his vehicle before he was flown to University Hospital by a medical helicopter. Police believe he was under the influence of drugs when the accident occurred.
The conditions of the other victims have not been released.
Charges against LeGrand are pending.
The crash remains under investigation."

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Driver killed in head-on crash named.

Date: 07/27/2012
Time: Around 3:00 P.M.
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Vehicle(s) Involved: Hyundai Sonata, Chevy Tahoe, Ford Mustang

By Alex Tomlin

"ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - One person is dead and another is recovering at UNM Hospital after a head-on crash that shut down a major Albuquerque street Friday afternoon.
Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies reported (censored), 74, was driving north in his Hyundai Sonata when he clipped the rear of a Mustang in front of him on Broadway Boulevard SE at Murray Road.
Garcia then spun out of control and into oncoming traffic hitting a southbound Chevrolet Tahoe headed south.
Garcia died at the scene, and the other driver, whose name has not been released, suffered what deputies called severe injuries.
The driver of the Mustang was not injured.
The crash happened about 3 p.m., and at 8 p.m. the Tahoe driver was reported to be in surgery at UNMH.
Broadway south of Rio Bravo Boulevard was closed for about three hours.
Deputies said there was no sign of drug or alcohol use by Garcia although their investigation is not yet closed."

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Car-Train Crash Kills Teen.

Date: 07/14/2007
Time: Around 6:45 P.M.
Location: Huntington, Ohio
Vehicle(s) Involved: Ford Escort

By TMCNews

"A crash in Huntington Township between a car and train kills the teen driver and sends the passenger to the hospital.

Troopers at the scene say that a car driven by Amada White of New London was traveling south on Baker Road in Huntington Township when a westbound train at the Baker Road crossing struck it. Troopers say that White was killed on impact while her passenger 25-year-old Todd Dennis of Wellington was injured.

Wellington Fire District Chief Bob Walker said they were called to the scene around 6:45pm. Although extrication of the passenger only took about 15 minutes the location of the car made it difficult for Firefighters to get themselves and their equipment in there. From impact the car was pushed about 2,000 feet. “We were fortunate there was a corn field here with an access road where we were able to transport our extrication and EMS equipment back to the scene. The actual extrication time, once we got back there was only about 15 to 20 minutes but it was a lengthy process getting everything back there.”

Once Dennis was extricated from the vehicle he was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland with critical injuries.
Chief Walker said that although they are not yet sure what happened in this case he wants to take this opportunity to remind people about the dangers of railroad crossings. “We need to respect the railway crossings, the trains don’t have a quick opportunity to stop. This train that goes through here usually moves reasonably slow, but it still takes them a long time to get stopped. You just have to give trains a lot of room.” Chief Walker said that this particular crossing does not have flashing lights or gates; rather it is equipped with what is called “Ohio Cross Bucks”. Cross Bucks are reflective signs used at rail crossings in rural areas, the signs show up at night when headlights hit them.  "

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Train Collides With Car.

Date: 06/18/2007
Time: Around 9:00 A.M.
Location: Elyria, Ohio
Vehicle(s) Involved: Buick Park Avenue

By TMCNews

"A car that had been reported as driving erratically on Cleveland Street went off the road on East Bridge Street near the Lorain County Blood Bank this morning around 9am. The car came to rest on a set of railroad tracks behind the Blood Bank with the driver slumped over the wheel.

Elyria Firefighters and LifeCare Paramedics were checking the people inside the car when they noticed a train come around the corner from the west. Elyria Police Officers on scene were instructing their dispatch to contact the railroad to stop the train and shut down the rails. The train continued toward the car while Firefighters and Medics scrambled to get the two people out of the car and placed in a safe area. The train was unable to stop in time and collided with the passenger side front of the Park Ave.

“This vehicle drove up the hillside here along side of the Blood Bank and hit some obstructions along side of the tracks and catapulted up onto the rails. Officers responded and the driver was slumped in the front seat at the time. The driver and his wife were pulled quickly and carefully from the wreckage. The call went into Conrail to stop the trains but they could not stop them in time. I will be examining the driver and have more details later today.” Lorain County Coroner Paul Matus

The woman in the car was flown from EMH to Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland."

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Elyria Teen Killed In Crash.

Date: 06/15/2007
Time: Around 12:30 A.M.
Location: Near Wakeman, Ohio
Vehicle(s) Involved: Ford F-150

By TMCNews

"The Ohio State Highway Patrol says that Jake P. Nolan, 18 of Elyria, was the driver of the Ford F-150 that crashed into the woods on Gore Orphanage Road late last night.

In a media release the State Patrol says that Nolan was southbound on Gore Orphanage when he “failed to negotiate a curve” around 12:30am. The truck then struck a guard rail and a tree before coming to rest deep in the woods. Nolan was not wearing a safety belt and was ejected from the truck. Nolan was pronounced dead at the scene.

Drug and alcohol use is unknown at this time. The State Patrol said the crash remains under investigation.

During a conversation with TMC NEWS late last night at the scene, Lt. Peterson from the State Patrol said that counting this crash the number of fatal crashes for Lorain County this year is 10, there were 27 total in 2006. “This is actually our 4th fatal crash up here in Vermilion, Henrietta Township so we are going to start a Problem Behavior Identification Zone; we’re going to start working a little more diligently in this northern corner.” Last year the State Patrol did the same program in the southern portion of the county after there were 14 fatal crashes in that area. To this point there has only been one fatal cash in the southern townships this year and that was involving the farm tractor.

Peterson said that in all 4 fatal crashes in the northern area involved “aggressive driving”. “In other words there was excessive speed involved, alcohol involved and these are the kinds of things that if we’re up here and we can maybe stop them through educational things, engineering things. It’s like this crash, is there anything we can do to make this a safer curve, maybe bring the county garage out and look at their signs to see if there is anything they can do with that.”

Stop signs or not Lt. Peterson said it always comes back to the driver. “It always comes down to the driver, driving within reasonable means that he can always stop whatever the situation might be.”  "

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Rollover on Route 2

Date: 05/12/2007
Time: Afternoon
Location: Amherst, Ohio
Vehicle(s) Involved: GMC Sonoma

By TMC News

"A man-driving west on Route 2, between Middle Ridge Road and Leavitt, late Saturday night went off the left side of the road and when he tried to get back in his lane he overcorrected and lost control. The truck he was driving spun and rolled over coming to a rest on its roof. The driver then fled the scene leaving the truck and hundreds of yards of debris. In the debris was the man’s Lorain County Metro Parks Ranger uniform, badge and gun belt, minus the gun. State Troopers, County Sheriff Deputies, Amherst Police Officers and Amherst Firefighters searched the area to find the gun.

The driver was later found at his home a short distance away with injuries to his arm and cuts on other parts of his body. LifeCare Ambulance Paramedics and Amherst Firefighters treated the man at his home while Ohio State Troopers and Lorain County Sheriff’s Deputies questioned the man. It was reported that the man had tried to claim that someone stole his pick up truck.

LifeCare took the man to Community Health Partners where he was later flown to Cleveland Metro Health Center."

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Truck rams house.

Date: 04/16/2007
Time: Afternoon
Location: Lorain, Ohio
Vehicle(s) Involved: Ford F-150

By TMC News

"IT SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF

Those are the words of the Ashland Ave home in Lorain after a truck rammed into the side of their house Monday afternoon.

Luther Saylor was in the house watching TV at the time of the crash. “I was in my parents room watching TV and I heard screeching tires and normally you don’t hear anything after that but this time I heard a loud crashing noise.”

Saylor and his mother went outside to see what had happened when they saw the truck buried in their garage. The driver was still sitting in the truck but trying to get out. Mrs. Saylor said that from previous personal experience and from watching TV she knew that him moving around was not a good idea so she talked to him and told him to stay inside until help arrived. Lorain Firefighters and LifeCare Ambulance Paramedics arrived a short time later to render care to the driver. The man was later taken to Community Health Partners for further treatment. The Saylor’s said that he seemed groggy but no visible signs of injuries."

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511 & Quarry Crash.

Date: 04/07/2007
Time: Night
Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Vehicle(s) Involved: Kia Sedona, Buick LaCrosse

By TMC News

"A two car crash on Route 511 just east of Quarry Road sent three people to the hospital Saturday night.

Central Lorain County Ambulance District Paramedics with assistance from LifeCare Ambulance Paramedics, treated the three victims at the scene. Two were transported to Allen Medica Center in Oberlin with serious injuries and a third was taken in with minor injuries to be checked out. One of the victims was transported by ground from Allen ER to Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the crash."

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Camden Rollover.

Date: 03/31/2007
Time: Afternoon
Location: Camden Township, Ohio
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dodge Ram

By TMC News

"Camden Township Fire Department responded to Rt. 511 in front of Green Circle Growers this afternoon after a man rolled his pick up truck over. Central Lorain County Ambulance District transported the man to Allen Medical Center in Oberlin for evaluation.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the crash."

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Two hurt after truck crashes into trees in Brush Prairie.

Date: 08/01/2012
Time: Around 7:30 P.M.
Location: Brush Prairie, Washington
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Pickup

By Fox12 Web Staff

"BRUSH PRAIRIE, WA (KPTV) -
Two people were hurt when a truck left the road in Brush Prairie and slammed into a group of trees.
The crash happened at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday about a mile east of Rawson Road.
Firefighters at the scene said the truck was driving at a high rate of speed when it hit the trees.
Two people inside the truck were taken to the hospital.
There is no word yet on the extent of their injuries or what led to the crash."

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Police: Eugene man killed in fiery head-on crash.

Date: 08/10/2012
Time: Around 2:00 P.M.
Location: Near Eddyville, Oregon
Vehicle(s) Involved: Honda Civic, semi truck

by KVAL News

"EDDYVILLE, Ore. - A Eugene man pulled out to pass in a no-passing one Friday and collided head-on with a commercial truck Friday on Highway 20 east of Eddyville, Oregon State Police said.
The driver of the truck escaped as his rig went up in flames.
The other driver died at the scene.

According to Sergeant Cari Boyd, (censored), 26, of Eugene was driving eastbound on Highway 20 in a 1993 Honda Civic when he tried passing another vehicle in a no-passing zone near milepost 29.
Kuhry pulled into the westbound lane in front of a commercial truck pulling a fully loaded chip trailer.
The truck driver, Ronald Ford of Eugene, couldn't avoid the car and the vehicles crashed head-on.
Kuhry was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ford, 49, escaped his truck as it went up in flames. It was later totaled because of the fire.
Ford was later evaluated by a doctor. Crash investigators determined that both men were wearing seat belts.
The wreckage partially blocked the road, which closed Hwy 20 between Eddyville and Blodgett for several hours."

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Teen driver falls asleep at wheel, takes out Spokane Valley sign.

Date: 08/10/2012
Time: Around 7:00 A.M.
Location: Spokane Valley, Washington
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Tacoma

by KREM.com

"SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash.—Authorities said a teenage driver fell asleep at the wheel early Friday before crashing his truck.
Washington State Patrol troopers said happened just before 7 a.m. near Indiana and Pines in Spokane Valley.
Troopers said a 17-year-old driver fell asleep while crossing Highway 27 and went off the roadway to the right.  From there, the boy struck a concrete island, slammed through a street sign, and came to a rest on railroad tracks nearby.
The driver suffered minor injuries and refused any medical treatment at the scene.  A 16-year-old male passenger was not hurt.  Both boys were wearing their seatbelts.
Troopers cited the teenager with 2nd Degree Negligent Driving."

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Oberlin Rd Crash.

Date: 03/18/2007
Time: Night
Location: South Amherst, Ohio
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dodge Caravan

By TMCNews

"A late night crash brings down a utility pole on Oberlin Road in South Amherst. The driver of this “green” minivan lost control of his vehicle going off the road and stopping only when the front of his van clips a pole. LifeCare Ambulance Paramedics checked the driver out but with just a scratch on his nose he refused to go to the hospital.

The Ohio State Patrol is investigating the cause of the crash."


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Crash In Carlisle.

Date: 01/09/2007
Time: Afternoon
Location: Carlisle, Ohio
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dodge Caravan, Buick Regal

By TMCNews

"A two-car accident today in Carlisle Township sent one to Elyria Memorial Hospital (EMH) with head injuries. The crash occurred in the intersection of Grafton Road & State Route 57. A car and mini van collided with the mini van ending up in a ditch and the driver needing medical attention. Carlisle Township, LifeCare Ambulance, Eaton Township and Central Lorain County Ambulance District responded to assist the victims. The driver and passenger of the first vehicle refused any treatment at the scene while Eaton Township Ambulance transported the driver of the mini van to EMH.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash."

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Fiery crash near Philomath results in serious injuries, charges.

Date: 08/04/2012
Time: Around 4:45 P.M.
Location: Near Philomath, Oregon
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Tacoma, Ford Econoline

By CANDA FUQUA, Corvallis Gazette-Times

"A Portland man who was seriously injured in a fiery crash two miles west of Philomath on Saturday was reportedly in stable condition on Sunday afternoon, but faces charges related to the crash.
Biet Nguyen, 69, of Portland was cited with third-degree assault, driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless driving after his pickup rolled and then slid on its roof down Highway 20. An oncoming van struck it and caught fire.
Driving east on Highway 20 toward Philomath on Saturday evening, Nan Perigo was the first witness on the scene at 4:44 p.m. She slowed when she saw a cloud of dust in front of her.
“The next thing I knew,” she said, “there was an upside-down car in front of me and a van on fire across the way.”
The driver of the van, Stephen Sever, 63, of Corvallis, seemed dazed by the impact, Perigo said. He hadn’t realized that his 1999 Ford Econoline had caught fire. Perigo and another bystander alerted him.
“We both hollered for him to get out,” she said. “… He was slow to react but once he realized what we were saying, he got out.”
He escaped out of the passenger side window. Emergency responders transported him to Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for minor injuries.
Nguyen, upside down in a 2003 Toyota Tacoma pickup, was unconscious after the crash, Perigo said. She hadn’t noticed at first, but he was the driver who had passed her just minutes earlier.
Multiple people had called 911 prior to the crash, reporting that the pickup was weaving and might be driven by an intoxicated driver, according to Benton County sheriff deputies.
Investigators believe that Nguyen’s vehicle drifted off the highway and when it hit gravel, he jerked the wheel to get back onto the road. It caused the vehicle to flip and begin to slide on its roof.
Sever’s van crashed head-on into the front driver’s side of the upside-down pickup and came to rest in the ditch on the westbound side of the road.
After Sever escaped the burning van, Perigo and another bystander gathered fire extinguishers from the rows of cars that began to gather at the scene.
“We were concerned that the van was going to blow up and cause even more problems,” Perigo said. “We emptied four fire extinguishers on it and it was still going. It would slow it down but none of them would put it out.”
Philomath Fire Department put out the blaze and cut open the other vehicle to get to Nguyen.
“The roof was crushed,” Perigo said. “He (Nguyen) obviously rolled it hard.”
The crash resulted in the closure of Highway 20 for roughly three hours.
The Benton County Multi-Agency Crash Investigation Team assisted at the scene. Firefighters and EMTs from the Philomath Fire Department and the Corvallis Fire Department assisted, as well as the Oregon Department of Transportation.
The sheriff’s office is asking anyone who witnessed the crash or has any information to contact Sgt. David Peterson at 541-766-6820."

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T.O. officer injured in crash.

Date: 05/16/2009
Time: Around 9:30 A.M.
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vehicle(s) Involved: Ford Crown Victoria, Toyota Corolla

By CHRIS DOUCETTE, SUN MEDIA

"A Toronto cop was seriously injured when he apparently lost control of his cruiser while racing to a crime scene and smashed into a car in East York this morning.
Witnesses say the officer, who may have been responding to a robbery, was southbound on Dawes Rd. near Victoria Park Ave. at a high rate of speed with lights flashing and sirens blaring when he crashed around 9:30 a.m.
Dinesh Rathasingam, 22, was driving home with friends after spending the night at a Tamil vigil downtown when the cruiser flew by his car.
He watched in his rearview mirror as the police vehicle slid sideways and slammed into a Toyota Corolla parked at the side of the road.
"I was almost in tears, I was so freaking out for his life," said Rathasingam, after he and his pals ran to the officer's aid and called 911.
One of the others in Rathasingam's car described it as "a massive hit."
"I'm still shaking," Gowrishangar Kamalanathan, 24, said.
He and others said the officer was out cold and bleeding badly from a head injury, but he seemed to regain consciousness before being whisked away by ambulance to the trauma centre at Sunnybrook hospital.
A 76-year-old man who was in the parked Corolla was taken to Sunnybrook hospital.
Toronto Police said the province's special investigations unit, which probes all incidents of serious injury or death involving police, was contacted and may invoke their mandate.
Few other details were available."

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Victims Identified in Fatal Crash North of Bismarck.

Date: 03/01/2012
Time: Around 7:00 A.M.
Location: Bismarck, North Dakota
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dodge Caravan, GMC Sierra

By Donnell Preskey, Assistant News Director

"Bismarck, ND -

Three people are dead and three injured in a morning crash north of Bismarck.
It happened around seven at the intersection of Washington and 1804.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the driver and two passengers in a van were killed and two other passengers injured.
The driver has been identified as 31-year-old Jose Manual Villareal-Ramirez of Mandan.  He was not wearing a seatbelt.  45-year-old Jose Pina-Moreno and 48-year-old Martin Meza-Bravo were also killed.  Two other passengers, 45-year-old Barry Zacher and 41-year-old Fabian Salgado-Monarrez were injured in the accident.  Monarrez was the only person wearing a seatbelt.
Authorities say the van ran the stop sign at Washington and was hit by a truck going east on 1804.
The driver of the truck, 54-year-old Bue William Thompson of Bismarck,  was the only person in the vehicle.
He was also injured.
All of the injured were transported to a local hospital.
North Dakota Highway Patrol Sgt.Dan Krueger says,"I don't believe that the weather was a factor, there was fog this morning and with visibility about half mile quarter mile visibility the vehicle was traveling north bound and disregarded the stop sign, vehicle 2 T-boned them sending them in to the ditch."

None of the five people in the van were wearing seat belts."

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Three hurt in morning crash near Helena.

Date: 12/09/2011
Time: Around 2:00 A.M.
Location: Helena, Montana
Vehicle(s) Involved: Pontiac Grand Prix

By Melissa Anderson (KXLH Helena)

"HELENA- Emergency crews were called to the scene of a one-vehicle rollover accident that injured three people early Friday morning.
The crash occurred around 2 a.m. after the driver of a car traveling eastbound on U.S. Highway 12 into Helena lost control and hit a sign. The vehicle crossed over the eastbound lanes of traffic and rolled.
Lewis & Clark County Coroner Mickey Nelson tells us the three people inside the car were all ejected and injured. We've learned at least one of those victims was flown to Benefis Hospital in Great Falls with life-threatening injuries.
Officers tell us speed did play a role in the crash, but it's still unclear if alcohol was a factor in the wreck."

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Car Crash Traps Three People.

Date: 01/27/2007
Time: Night
Location: Amherst, Ohio
Vehicle(s) Involved: Pontiac GTO

By TMCNews

A car heading east on Middle Ridge Road just east of Route 58 lost control and crashed head on into a tree trapping the driver and two passengers inside. Amherst Firefighters were called to the scene to extricate the three victims. LifeCare Ambulance Paramedics treated the three and transported them to Amherst Hospital. The vehicle speed was estimated at 60 miles per hour before the crash.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

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