Car Hydroplanes, Crashes Into Ambulance Taking Patient To Hospital

CANTON, GA -- A Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Service ambulance transporting a patient to an area hospital was hit last week when a vehicle hydroplaned and traveled into its path near Cherokee High School.

Canton police spokesperson Pacer Cordry said the crash was reported around 3:37 p.m. April 23 on Marietta Highway near Anderson Avenue.

The Squad 22 ambulance was traveling northbound near the school when a vehicle traveling southbound hydroplaned and came into the path of the ambulance, Cherokee County Fire Chief Tim Prather said.

Squad 22 was in the midst of transporting a patient and that person's spouse to Northside Hospital Cherokee when the collision occurred.

The ambulance was hit on its left front and side by a vehicle driven by Aliaksei Shumila. The patient and spouse were OK, but the attending firefighter did suffer minor injures, Prather added. Additionally, the driver of the ambulance required some assistance in exiting the vehicle.

All of the occupants were transported to the hospital for treatment.

Shumila was cited for driving too fast for conditions, as the roadway was wet at the time of the collision, Cordry added.

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