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EMSCloseCalls.com.....   News and related Updates (Also check the most current issue of THE SECRET LIST for related News and Updates-Click Here) Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad ambulance damaged in crash - New York  Thursday, December 24, 2015   A Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad ambulance was knocked out of service when it was heavily damaged during a crash in White Creek on Monday afternoon, police said. Three squad members who were on the ambulance were shaken up but not hurt in the 3:28 p.m., one-vehicle crash on Route 67, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Washington County Undersheriff John Winchell said no patients were on board when the ambulance went off the road. It was returning from a call. It suffered “severe” front end damage when it hit a road sign, roadside guide wire, business sign and a tree before coming to rest, Winchell said. “The driver may have had a medical problem,” he said. The driver was identified as Alicia M. Tilton of Cambridge. No tickets were issued. Mark Spiezio, captain of Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad, said it was unclear whether the 2009 ambulance was salvageable, as it awaited an insurance adjuster review. The squad was able to take an older ambulance that had been taken out of service earlier this year and put it back in service, he said. Pause Current Time0:00 / Duration Time0:00 Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% 0:00 Fullscreen 00:00 Unmute The squad operates three ambulances. The one that was damaged was the oldest and was scheduled to be replaced in 2017. Spiezio said the Sheriff’s Office was looking into the cause and whether a medical issue played a part in the accident. “The good thing is no one was seriously hurt,” he said.         Tweet   Ambulance and Truck Collide in Wednesday Accident - Texas  Thursday, December 24, 2015   LUBBOCK, TX Lubbock Police responded to an accident involving an ambulance and a pickup truck in the 800 block of North Quaker Avenue just before 1:00 pm Wednesday. Police said, “An ambulance was in emergency response with lights and siren…” “A 1998 Ford F-150 was westbound on the 4300 block on [the] North Loop Access road,” police said.  “The driver of the F150 ran a red light and collided with the ambulance.” Police said the driver of the pickup suffered a minor injury. Covenant Health System released the following statement: A Covenant transport ambulance was involved in a two-vehicle collision this afternoon (Dec. 23) in the vicinity of Loop 289 and North Quaker Avenue. There were no patients on board. Four employees were riding in the ambulance, which was on its way to New Mexico to pick up a patient. One employee was transported to Covenant Medical Center with minor injuries; another went by private vehicle, also with minor injuries. A third employee declined treatment for a minor injury, and a fourth was uninjured.          Tweet   Ambulance overturns on Interstate 79 - Pennsylvania  Monday, December 21, 2015   An ambulance carrying a patient overturned at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 79 at the south junction of Interstate 70 in South Strabane Township. According to state police, driver Charles S. Grubb, 28, of McMechen, W.Va., and medic David G. Jones, 32, of Grafton, W.Va., with Tri-State Ambulance, were transporting a patient with a previous injury from Wheeling, W.Va., to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. The accident occurred at the ramp from Interstate 70 to I-79 south, with the ambulance flipping on its side and coming to rest near the median. Trooper Frank Lewis said Grubb and Jones sustained minor injuries and were transported by ambulance to Washington Hospital. The patient, who remained strapped in the gurney, did not appear to sustain any further injuries. He was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital. The accident is under investigation. Lewis said it was raining and the wet road could have been a factor.         Tweet   EMT hurt in rollover accident - New York  Friday, December 18, 2015   AMHERST, NY -- The driver of an ambulance was hurt following an accident in Amherst. The accident happened at Main Street and the entrance to the I-290 just before 11 a.m. Police say the ambulance was traveling east on Main Street attempting to turn left onto the I-290. The ambulance was struck by a van that was heading west on Main, causing the ambulance to tip over. The ambulance was transporting a non-emergency patient at the time. The van was carrying students from the Stanley G. Falk school. None of the children were hurt. The EMT driving the ambulance was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. The patient being transported was taken by another ambulance.         Tweet   Witness: Man drives wrong way down Woodrow Wilson hits 4 vehicles, including ambulance - Mississippi  Friday, December 18, 2015   By Donesha Aldridge JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) — Emergency crews responded an accident near the Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center on Woodrow Wilson. We’re told that five vehicles, including and AMR ambulance, were involved in the crash. A witness on the scene tells that a man driving a Nissan was going the wrong way on the road. We’re told that he was taken away in handcuffs. AMR officials tell us that no one in the crash was taken to the hospital by ambulance. We will update this story as soon as more details become available.       Tweet   Medical-helicopter crash survivor signaled rescuers to site near Apache Junction - Arizona  Friday, December 18, 2015   By Whitney M. Woodworth and Justin Sayers, The Republic | azcentral.com The injured, lone survivor of an air-ambulance crash had worked to save a dying colleague and used a flashlight to successfully attract the attention of emergency personnel searching for the helicopter that crashed Tuesday night in rugged, snow-covered terrain in the Superstition Mountains, authorities said Wednesday. Native Air Ambulance medic Derek Boehm, 38, of Gilbert, was critically injured in the crash that claimed the lives of pilot David Schneider, 51, of Gilbert, and flight nurse Chad Frary, 38, of Mesa, according to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office. The area where the crash occurred, about 20 miles east of Apache Junction and north of Superior, is so difficult to reach that it took a military helicopter to rescue Boehm, Sheriff Paul Babeu said. The Native Air chopper was reported missing at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Crews found the copter's wreckage 2 1/2 hours later and rescued the lone survivor from the mountainside shortly after 10 p.m. "It's surprising that there was a survivor, and we are grateful for that,"  Babeu said Wednesday morning. The aircraft was traveling from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport to Globe when it crashed in a remote part of the Superstitions. No patients were on the flight. Babeu said Boehm signaled to rescue teams using a flashlight and was taken to a Phoenix trauma hospital in very serious condition. By noon Wednesday, officials said Boehm was listed in fair condition. One of the deceased victims initially showed signs of life after the crash, Babeu added. Boehm attempted lifesaving measures, but the man died before rescue teams could reach the scene, the sheriff said. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances. Air Methods, which owns the company operating the aircraft, said the helicopter was an Airbus AS350 B3. According to the Airbus company website, the almost 5-ton, single-engine helicopter can reach speeds of more than 150 mph. It can hold a pilot and five to six passengers and is favored for law enforcement, medical services and civilian use. "We are deeply saddened by the news that two of our crew members were taken from us, and our hearts go out to their family and loved ones," Air Methods spokeswoman Christina Brodsly said Wednesday. Globe Fire Chief Al Gameros said that one of the crew members killed in the crash was a well-known "outgoing and positive" presence in the city who would often participate in fundraisers and other events. "It hits hard. We would interface with them all of the time," Gameros said. "I'm shocked to hear of what transpired. It's just a horrible tragedy and we're having a hard time dealing with it." One of the victims, Frary, had previously been an emergency-room nurse at the Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center in Globe. His former colleagues described Frary as dedicated and modest. "I'll miss him. He was a friendly guy who never got into anyone's way," said Dr. Peter Michalak, who worked with Frary for 10 years. "He tried to help people, and he always gave good care to his patients." Michalak said he was visiting with Frary, of Mesa, mere hours before the fatal crash. Some in the emergency room cried after hearing of Frary's death. Sandra Wills, of Globe, said Frary treated her son, Seth Franco, in the emergency room at Cobre Valley after he was accidentally shot in the head three years ago. The grateful family made a point to visit Frary each Dec. 13, the anniversary of the accident. They were unable to connect this year, she said. "Chad put together fundraisers and all kind of stuff," Wills said. "If it wasn't for him, I don't know what I would have done." Gregor said the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the deadly crash. An FAA safety inspector was en route to the crash site. Gregor added that the Safety Board will lead the investigation and that the agency likely would take months, if not longer, to determine the cause of the crash. "It's just a real human tragedy," said Gary Robb, a Kansas City, Mo.-based aviation-crash attorney. "They're all too frequent." Robb has handled aviation crashes for more than 30 years and said the NTSB's investigations are very thorough and typically last 12 to 18 months. He said investigators usually look at three primary factors: human, machine and environment. They check the pilot for training and impairment, Robb said. They inspect the mechanical records and the condition of the aircraft and analyze the environment at the time of the crash. Rugged, mountainous terrain, dark nights and foggy, cold weather could all be factors that lead to an "unintended flight into ground" crash, he said. Air Methods Corp., headquartered in Englewood, Colo., provides air-medical transport and other flight services, including tourism operations. It also designs, makes and installs medical spaces and structures for aircraft interiors. Patient transport and related medical-flight services represent nearly 75 percent of the company’s revenue, with tourism and charter services most of the rest. The company provides tourism operations in and around the Grand Canyon and Hawaiian Islands. The company has been consistently profitable in recent quarters, earning $108 million or $2.73 a share on revenue of $1.06 billion over its past four quarters. Its shares, which trade in the stock market under the symbol AIRM, are worth about $1.7 billion combined. In the normal course of business, Air Methods said, it faces legal claims resulting from helicopter accidents, billing-reimbursement disputes, employee-relations issues and claims alleging negligent medical care and transport. “To date, no claims of these types of litigation, certain of which are covered by insurance policies, have had a material effect on us,” the company said in its annual 10K investor report filed earlier this year. Reporters Russ Wiles and Garrett Mitchell contributed to this article.        Tweet   Sheriff: Survivor of deadly copter crash signaled searchers - Arizona  Friday, December 18, 2015    PHOENIX -- A medical helicopter crashed in rugged terrain east of Phoenix, killing two crew members and seriously injuring a third, who was still able to use a flashlight to signal search aircraft, a sheriff said Wednesday.Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said the medical helicopter crashed Tuesday evening on a cliff or mountainside about 12 miles north of Superior, a mining community outside Phoenix. Air Methods, which owns the company operating the aircraft, said the chopper was carrying a pilot, a paramedic and a nurse. No names were released. Air Methods spokeswoman Christina D. Brodsly said in an email that no patients were on board. Babeu said the helicopter was flying from a Mesa airport east to Globe, but he said he didn't have any more information on the purpose of the flight. "We are deeply saddened by the news that two of our crew members were taken from us, and our hearts go out to their family and loved ones," Brodsly said in a statement, according to CBS affiliate KPHO-TV. Babeu said an aerial search began after the helicopter was reported missing around 6 p.m. and that he knew of no radio transmission from the aircraft before it went down or any report from the public about a crash in the Tonto National Forest. A military aircraft rescued the survivor at about 10:15 p.m., and that person was taken to a trauma center in the Phoenix area in "very serious, critical condition," Babeu said. A Native Air helicopter first spotted the wreckage at about 8:30 p.m. and an Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter located it about a half-hour later, but neither was able to land because of rugged terrain. "From what I understand it's in a precarious situation," he said of the crashed helicopter. The DPS helicopter crew saw the survivor signaling with a flashlight, Babeu said. The crash scene was sealed off overnight to preserve evidence before National Transportation Board Safety investigators arrive later Wednesday, Babeu said.       Tweet   AIR AMBULANCE CRASHES EAST OF PHOENIX  Wednesday, December 16, 2015    An air ambulance carrying three people has crashed in the Superstition Mountains near the city of Apache Junction in Arizona, east of Phoenix, officials say. (more) Emergency services were called to the helicopter crash at about 8 p.m. MT on Tuesday, but rescue workers have not yet been able to reach the site, which is in very rugged terrain. The crash occurred under unknown circumstances about 20 miles east of Apache Junction, or 50 miles east of Phoenix. Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), said three people were on board the helicopter as it returned to the city of Globe in Gila County. The status of those on board was not immediately known. Christina Brodsly, a spokeswoman for for Air Methods Corp, confirmed that the accident involved an air ambulance operated by Native Air, which is a devision of Air Methods Corp. She identified the three people on board the single-engine Eurocopter AS350 aircraft as a pilot, a flight paramedic and a flight paramedic. There was no patient on board. "The FAA and the NTSB have our full cooperation as they further investigate the accident," Brodsly said.       Tweet   Wheel Falls Off Ambulance, Causes Car Crash In Tulsa  Wednesday, December 16, 2015   BY: RUSSELL HULSTINE, NEWSON6.COM TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa Police say a woman crashed her car after hitting a tire which had come off an EMSA ambulance early Tuesday. Officers said the southbound ambulance lost a pair of rear tires on Highway 75 just north of the Peoria exit and a car driving behind hit one of them. The impact caused the car to cross into the northbound lanes and hit a light pole, police said. The driver of the ambulance was able to stop the vehicle without hitting anything. Neither the driver of the car nor the EMSA paramedics were injured.  Police say the ambulance wasn't transporting a patient at the time of the incident.       Tweet   NTSB begins yearlong investigation into fatal SkyLife crash near McFarland - California  Monday, December 14, 2015   BY TROY POPE tpope@fresnobee.com Wreckage from Thursday’s crash of the SkyLife medical helicopter that went down near McFarland, killing four people, was moved Saturday to Sacramento for further investigation, said Terry Williams, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board. It was unclear if there still is more wreckage to be moved. Williams said the yearlong investigation into the cause of the crash will take into account several factors, including weather, the pilot’s record and maintenance that had been done on the Bell 407 helicopter. The crash has taken an emotional toll on employees of American Ambulance. President Todd Valeri said there was a social gathering Saturday night at which nurses, EMTs and others would undoubtedly grieve the loss of their co-workers. In addition to the pilot, a nurse, a paramedic and a patient died in the crash. The pilot was Thomas Hampl, 49, an employee of Rogers Helicopters for three years. The critical-care nurse on the aircraft was Marco Lopez, 42, a three-year SkyLife veteran. And the paramedic was Kyle Juarez, 37, a nine-year veteran at American Ambulance who spent the last three years on the SkyLife team. Both of the medical staff members were from Fresno, according to public records. The patient has not been identified yet by the Kern County coroner. A nurse and a paramedic originally assigned to the SkyLife helicopter Thursday night had traded shifts with Lopez and Juarez so they could attend the company’s Christmas party, Valeri said. The crash happened as the helicopter was transporting a patient in critical condition from Porterville to Bakersfield. Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article49502060.html#storylink=cpy The crew picked up the patient from Sierra View Medical Center and was bound for San Joaquin Community Hospital. At 6:52 p.m., the crew had notified flight dispatch that it was leaving Porterville. About 7:05 p.m., dispatch tried to raise the helicopter for a routine check-in, but got no response. After checking with airport towers in Fresno and Bakersfield, the dispatch center notified Kern County authorities that the aircraft was missing and provided its last GPS reading east of McFarland. A Kern County sheriff’s helicopter reported about 8:35 p.m. that it had found a debris field. Kern County deputies and fire crews, slowed by fog and darkness, reached the scene about 10 p.m. and confirmed that the patient and the crew of three had perished. SkyLife Air Ambulance operates three air ambulance helicopters out of the Fresno and Visalia airports. Valeri said Friday that SkyLife has never had a helicopter go down since the partnership with Rogers was formed in 1991. The air ambulance transports about 1,000 patients a year, he said. Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article49502060.html#storylink=cpy       Tweet   Three hurt when ambulance crashes along U.S. Highway 11W - Tennessee  Monday, December 14, 2015   BY ROBERT SORRELL | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER | EMS employees were injured Saturday when their ambulance went over an embankment along U.S. Highway 11W. Tennessee Highway Patrol Lt. Jarrett Ramsey said the ambulance was traveling north on Highway 11W shortly after 2 p.m. when the accident occurred. “For whatever reason, we’re still investigating, the driver left the roadway on the right hand side,” Ramsey said. “It went down a steep embankment and struck two or three large trees and some large boulders.” The ambulance came to a stop a short distance from a creek. “They had the ability to say over the radio that they were in an accident,” said Sullivan County Emergency Management Agency Director Jim Bean. “They weren’t really sure where they were, due to the events.” The crash occurred between Bloomingdale Road and Central Heights Elementary School in Blountville, a section of the county where Bean said emergency radio service is weak. Ramsey said two of the ambulance’s occupants were transported by ground to Holston Valley Medical Center. A third occupant was flown by helicopter to the hospital. The trooper said there were no patients on board the ambulance at the time of the crash. Emergency personnel from a number of local agencies responded to the crash scene. “Everybody knows it’s one of their brothers, one of their sisters involved in an accident,” Bean said. “The people that turned out to help, they didn’t know how bad it was. It’s different when you respond to one of your co-workers. Everybody in emergency services considers one another family.” Emotions were likely high as emergency personnel rushed to the scene, not knowing what to expect, Bean said. “Once they get involved in the patient care, the training takes over and the emotions are pushed aside,” added Bean, who said that he personally knew two of the emergency workers involved in the incident. Both directions of Highway 11W were closed for some time Saturday afternoon as emergency crews worked the scene. Traffic was detoured onto side roads, causing extensive delays for drivers.       Tweet   Wreck involving ambulance on Hwy 11W in Sullivan County - Tennessee  Monday, December 14, 2015   By Josh Smith SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN (WJHL)  An ambulance carrying three emergency medical crew members crashed on Highway 11W in Sullivan County Saturday afternoon. The wreck happened just after 2 pm. News Channel 11’s Brandon Hicks reports the Sullivan County EMS ambulance is off an embankment in thick woods in the 3700 block of Highway 11W. A Tennessee Highway patrolman said two of the three Sullivan County EMS employees were seriously hurt.  The third employee sustained minor injuries, THP said. An officer on scene said no other vehicles were involved. One lane of Highway 11W westbound toward Kingsport is open.   Both lanes of Highway 11W eastbound toward Bristol are closed, and traffic is being rerouted.   THP hoped to have it back open by 4:30 pm. This is a developing story.  Check back for updates.       Tweet   Ambulance Wrecked in Forsyth Crash - Georgia  Saturday, December 12, 2015   By Justin Ove An ambulance operating in Forsyth County was totaled in a wreck as it was rushing to the scene of a motor vehicle accident, fire officials said Friday. The ambulance, operated by a private company that has a contract to provide emergency services to Forsyth County, was using the callsign ”Med 13” on Friday morning en route to an accident at Ga. 400 and Settingdown Road, Deputy Chief Jason Shivers told Patch. At 8 a.m., the ambulance approached the intersection of Spot Road and McCoy Circle with lights and sirens on and attempted to turn left. One of the stopped vehicles attempted a left turn at the same time and pulled out in front of the ambulance, Shivers said. After the two vehicles collided, they both went down an embankment, according to Shivers. Nobody was injured in the collision, and no injuries were reported in the accident on Ga. 400 to which the ambulance was responding, Shivers said. The company that owns the wrecked ambulance has a spare ambulance that has since been pressed into service to keep the fleet at full strength, Shivers said. “At no time was there any compromise in care,” he added. The driver that pulled out in front of the ambulance has been arrested and charged with failure to yield and driving without a license, Shivers said.       Tweet   Two-car crash on Mercury Boulevard involved a Newport News ambulance - Virginia  Saturday, December 12, 2015   HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — A two vehicle accident on West Mercury Boulevard in Hampton is causing a slight traffic back-up for motorists traveling eastbound. Hampton Police tweeted about the accident shortly after 1 p.m. on Friday. An investigation into the accident revealed that a blue Ford Explorer was stopped in the lane turn lane near Coliseum Drive on the eastbound side of Mercury Boulevard when the ambulance rear-ended it. At the time of the accident, the ambulance was transporting a non-emergent patient. The three occupants in the Explorer were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the ambulance was issued a summons for following too close.       Tweet   4 Dead After Medical Helicopter Crashes in Heavy Rain, Fog - California  Saturday, December 12, 2015   A medical helicopter carrying a patient to a hospital crashed amid heavy rain and fog in California's agricultural San Joaquin Valley, killing all four people aboard, officials said. The SkyLife air ambulance had a pilot, a nurse, a paramedic and a patient aboard when it went down in a remote field about halfway through its planned 50-mile trip Thursday night, American Ambulance President Todd Valeri said at a news conference. The Bell 407 helicopter was headed from Porterville Municipal Airport south to San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield when it crashed, Kern County fire officials said. Officials did not say why the patient was being taken to the hospital. There was dense fog and heavy rain in the area and it wasn't clear whether that caused the crash, but "weather conditions are always a factor," Valeri said. The weather also made it difficult to find and reach the site, and rescue crews didn't get there for more than two hours after the helicopter went missing. The helicopter went down amid rolling hills of cattle-grazing country east of the town of McFarland, 135 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The wreckage was 2½ miles from the nearest highway. Kern County sheriff's deputies secured a road leading to the site. The helicopter's cabin was fairly intact but the tail was broken off and lay 30 yards away while debris was scattered over a 50-square-yard area, according to a description by sheriff's spokesman Ray Pruitt. The crew notified flight dispatch that it was leaving Porterville at 6:52 p.m., according to Dan Lynch, EMS Director for Fresno, Kings, Madera and Tulare counties. At 7:05 p.m., dispatch tried to raise the helicopter for a routine check in but got no response, Lynch said. After checking with nearby airport towers, the dispatch center notified authorities that the aircraft was missing and provided its last GPS reading. A sheriff's helicopter crew reported finding the debris field on private property around 8:35 p.m. Rescuers reached the crash site around 10 p.m. and confirmed the fatalities. There was no distress call from the crew, and investigators were gathering data on the weather, the aircraft's mechanics and the pilot's history to see if any of them were factors, Joshua Cawthra of the National Transportation Board said at a briefing Friday. The power lines in the area did not appear to have an effect, Cawthra said. His team will take the wreckage to Sacramento for a long-term investigation, he said. "Hopefully at the end we'll be able to say what happened, why it happened and ultimately prevent this type of accident from happening again," Cawthra said. The helicopter was staffed by a "seasoned crew," Lynch said. "They had been a team for quite some time". The pilot was Thomas Hampl, 49, the nurse was Marco Lopez, 42, and the paramedic was Kyle Juarez, 37, Valeri said Friday. The patient was a woman, but her name was not yet being released, Valeri said. Air Ambulance's Skylife Air Medical service operates three helicopters out of the Fresno and Visalia airports. Valeri said that SkyLife has never had an aircraft crash since it partnered with Rogers Helicopters Inc. in 1991. The air ambulance transports about 1,000 patients a year, he said. Medical flights have repeatedly drawn safety scrutiny, including a 1988 NTSB study that found a need for safety improvements. Again, in 2006, the board published a study of 55 accidents involving emergency medical helicopters and airplanes between January 2002 and January 2005, a period in which the number reached levels not seen since the 1980s. The study urged evaluation of each flight's risk before each mission and formal procedures for dispatch and monitoring of flights, using a dispatcher with specific aviation knowledge and experience to provide the pilot "with consistent and critical weather information, assisting in go/no go decisions, and monitoring the flight's position." Another recommendation urged use of terrain awareness and warning systems and night-vision imaging systems. The study also noted that more than half of the accidents occurred when no patient was aboard and the flights could operate under less stringent rules. 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