FOUR INJURED WHEN AMBULANCE HITS CAR.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer Four people were injured, one of them critically, when an ambulance carrying a patient on a nonemergency run hit a car broadside Tuesday, authorities said. The car driver, a 20-year-old Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. resident who was critically injured, was taken to County/USC Medical Center, Glendale Sgt. Rick Young said. Two passengers in the car and the ambulance driver suffered minor injuries, he said. An 85-year-old heart patient in the ambulance suffered no apparent injuries in the crash. Police said the ambulance driver allegedly ran a stop sign while traveling without lights or siren southbound on Chevy Chase Chevy Chase (chĕv`ē), town (1990 pop. 8,559), Montgomery co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; founded as a village, inc. 1914. Drive at East California Avenue shortly after 3 p.m. The American Medical Response American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR) is the largest private ambulance provider in the United States. AMR and EmCare are wholly owned subsidiaries of EMSC L.P., an emergency management company held by the investment firm Onex. AMR is based out of Greenwood Village, Colorado. ambulance hit a black Pontiac Grand Prix The Pontiac Grand Prix is an automobile produced by the Pontiac division of General Motors. First introduced as part of Pontiac's full-size model offering for the 1962 model year, the Grand Prix name has also been applied to cars in the personal luxury car market segment and the headed eastbound east·bound adj. Going toward the east. eastbound Adjective going towards the east Adj. 1. on East California Avenue, Young said. As part of the investigation, the ambulance driver will be tested to determine whether alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash, authorities said. |
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