Crime & Safety
4 Hurt In LA Fire Department Ambulance Crash
A Los Angeles Fire ambulance crashed in Pacoima sending the patient, two paramedics and driver of another car to the hospital with injuries.
LOS ANGELES, CA — A collision involving a Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance and another vehicle in Pacoima Wednesday left four people injured, including a patient and two paramedics, authorities said.
The crash occurred about 11 a.m. in the 12700 block of West Osborne Street, said Amy Bastman of the LAFD.
Two LAFD paramedics in the ambulance, along with the patient who was being transported, were taken for hospital treatment in fair condition, Bastman said. The male motorist who was the lone occupant of the other vehicle was taken to a hospital in serious condition, she said.
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The circumstances of the crash were under investigation.
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