EMS Unit Transporting Patient To Hospital Struck At Intersection

Photo by John Payne

SELMA – Just before 10:00am Tuesday, a Johnston County EMS ambulance was transporting a patient to an area hospital when it was t-boned by a car at the intersection of Thanksgiving Fire and Jordan-Narron Roads.

The car overturned off the highway after impacting the much larger EMS vehicle.

Photo by John Payne

The EMT, who would normally have been in the passenger’s seat, escaped injury because she was in the back of the truck with the patient. The driver of the EMS unit and the patient also escaped injury in the accident.

A North Side fire truck was behind the ambulance and quickly reacted to the serious-looking accident. A second ambulance was dispatched to complete the transport of the original patient to the hospital.

Photo by John Payne

The driver of the passenger car was evaluated at the scene but not transported. He was cited for failing to stop at the stop sign and driving without a license.

Photo by John Payne

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol investigated the accident.

4 COMMENTS

  1. Maybe they should just close Thanksgiving Fire Road. No one that drives anywhere near it seems to be able to see stop signs.

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