At the very least 5 folks had been taken to the hospital Sunday night time after a automobile collided with an ambulance that was transporting an aged affected person within the San Fernando Valley.
The Los Angeles Hearth Division ambulance was struck by a black SUV round 8 p.m. on Woodman Avenue and Chase Road in Arleta, in accordance with Jennifer Middleton, a spokesperson for the Hearth Division.
The automobile was severely broken, in accordance with on-line witnesses on TikTok. The SUV’s 34-year-old male driver — the only individual within the automobile — was taken to an area trauma heart and was in important situation, Middleton mentioned.
On the time of the crash, the ambulance was transporting a 94-year-old man to the hospital together with an 81-year-old girl who was accompanying him. The 2 passengers, together with the ambulance’s driver and one other LAFD personnel, had been all hospitalized “in honest situation with unknown accidents,” Middleton mentioned.
The reason for the collision is beneath investigation.
One other LAFD ambulance carrying crash victims was struck earlier this 12 months within the San Fernando Valley. A battalion chief despatched to analyze that collision then crashed with a automobile on the identical intersection virtually an hour later.
