WV Ambulance Crashes while Responding to Incident

The Charleston firefighters and the other driver will be OK.
April 6, 2023

Charleston firefighters on their way to an emergency Wednesday had one themselves.

Their ambulance was flipped onto its side after it was t-boned by an SUV, according to WSAZ.

As the rig was flipping, it clipped an SUV.

James May was working nearby when he heard the crash. When he spotted fluid leaking, he and others rushed to help the crew. 

“We hurried on in as carefully as we can bring these men out of this ambulance here behind us here...We wanted to make sure that we got them out of there as quick as we could into safety so that nothing would happen to them...Something came over me, and we just ran to them and did our very best to to make sure that they were safe.”

Everyone involved in the collision are expected to be OK.

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