TX Firefighters Hurt When Ambulance T-Boned in Hit-and-Run Crash

March 20, 2023
Two Houston firefighters, who suffered minor injuries, were returning to quarters when the rig was hit.

Matt deGrood

Houston Chronicle

(TNS)

Mar. 20—Houston police early Monday were searching for a Chevrolet Avalanche suspected of crashing into an ambulance and then speeding off in north Houston, officials said.

Two firefighters were in an ambulance that was heading south on Airline Road around 3 a.m. when a dark-colored SUV struck it near the intersection of Parker Road, Sgt. David Rose, of the Houston Police Department, told On Scene reporters.

Both firefighters were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, Rose said. No patients were in the ambulance at the time of the crash.

Investigators were searching for the dark-colored SUV that fled the area with heavy front-end damage, Rose said.

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