Driver Runs Red Light, Slams into Tampa Ambulance

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A TransCare ambulance rolled on its side when a driver ran a red light and slammed into the rig, the Tampa Police Department reports.

The 8:46 a.m. crash happened Sunday as the ambulance was heading west on East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

No one in the ambulance, including the patient and their family member riding along, were seriously hurt. Neither was the driver of the car.

A second ambulance transported the patient and family to the hospital.

The car’s driver was cited for running a red light.

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A TransCare ambulance rolled on its side when a driver ran a red light and slammed into the rig, the Tampa Police Department reports. The 8:46 a.m. crash happened Sunday as the ambulance was heading west on East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the Tampa Bay Times reports. No one in the ambulance, including […]

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