Advertisement

3 hurt in ambulance rollover crash

An Allina ambulance landed on its side in Minneapolis Wednesday night when it was struck by a passenger car, which caused it to roll, police said.

February 11, 2016 at 4:01PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

An Allina ambulance landed on its side in Minneapolis Wednesday night when it was struck by a passenger car, which caused it to roll, police said.

Three people were hurt, two paramedics and the driver of a black car that hit the ambulance at 14th Street and Portland Avenue. Allina spokesperson Tim Burke said the two paramedics in the ambulance were taken to Abbot Northwestern Hospital, the person in the passenger vehicle was brought to Hennepin County Medical Center. All three victims were released from their hospital visit later the same night.

According to police, a small car hit the ambulance around 8 p.m.. The collision caused the ambulance to hit a parked vehicle before it tipped on its side. Three people inside the parked car were not hurt.

The ambulance was not responding to an incident at the time of the accident and had no patients inside, Burke said, adding that it was not seriously damaged in the crash.

Advertisement
about the writer

about the writer

Tim Harlow

Reporter

Tim Harlow covers traffic and transportation issues in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and likes to get out of the office, even during rush hour. He also covers the suburbs in northern Hennepin and all of Anoka counties, plus breaking news and weather.

See Moreicon

More from No Section (Assign Gallery and Videos here)

See More

Kyiv was targeted with waves of drone and missile attacks overnight into Friday in the largest aerial assault since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began more than three years ago, officials said, amid a renewed Russian push to capture more of its neighbor's land.

Advertisement
Advertisement

To leave a comment, .

Advertisement