At least 5 folks have been taken to the hospital Sunday evening after a automobile collided with an ambulance that was transporting an aged affected person within the San Fernando Valley.
The Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance was struck by a black SUV round 8 p.m. on Woodman Avenue and Chase Street in Arleta, in line with Jennifer Middleton, a spokesperson for the Fire Department.
The automobile was severely broken, in line with on-line witnesses on TikTok. The SUV’s 34-year-old male driver — the only particular person within the car — was taken to an area trauma middle and was in important situation, Middleton stated.
At the time of the crash, the ambulance was transporting a 94-year-old man to the hospital together with an 81-year-old lady who was accompanying him. The two passengers, together with the ambulance’s driver and one other LAFD personnel, have been all hospitalized “in honest situation with unknown accidents,” Middleton stated.
The reason behind the collision is below investigation.
Another LAFD ambulance carrying crash victims was struck earlier this 12 months within the San Fernando Valley. A battalion chief despatched to research that collision then crashed with a car on the identical intersection nearly an hour later.
