Facts On Ambulance Accident In Delaware Today

Millsboro's ambulance was returning from Beebe Hospital after delivering a patient. The driver and the EMT were up front while the paramedic was sitting in the back. The ambo was stopped at an intersection waiting for other traffic to cross. A Ford SUV suddenly veered and hit the ambo on the passenger side in the area of the rear wheels. The impact opened a large, gaping hole in the side wall of the ambo. The paramedic was ejected via the rear loading doors. He was flown to Christiana with skull/facial fractures and several associated injuries. However, he recognized his wife and has a reasonably good prognosis at this time. The ambo driver was also flown to Christiana, but has since been cleared and has or will soon be released. The EMT was transported to Beebe but has been discharged. The driver of the SUV was dead at the scene. There are reports that this vehicle had been driving erratically for several miles/minutes before the collision.

This tragedy is not at all similar to those in the area of recent times. This is an ambulance in a non-emergency mode in which the EMS personnel became the victims. We all need to do one and only one thing......keep ALL those involved in our thoughts and prayers and let the authorities do what they're assigned to do. I just wanted to get a few of the facts out there before the rumor mills gobble this up.