Patient Dead, Medic Critical after Clark County, KY, Ambulance Wreck

March 4, 2024
A medic in the Lifeguard ambulance suffered life-threatening injuries after being ejected.

An ambulance crash in Clark County Sunday left a patient dead and a paramedic seriously injured.

The crash occurred on Mountain Parkway near Winchester, the Appalachia Insider reported.

The Lifeguard ambulance went off the road, struck a guardrail and flipped over. The medic who was ejected suffered life-threatening injuries.

She was flown by helicopter to U.K. Chandler Hospital. 

The EMT driving the ambulance suffered non-life-threatening-injuries.

The ambulance was transporting a patient from Pikeville to the University of Kentucky Medical Center when the crash occurred.

 

 

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