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Video: Tractor-trailer crashes into Md. ambulance, injuring 7

A fuel truck struck a Carroll County ambulance, sending seven patients to hospitals — two by helicopter

By Mathew Schumer
Baltimore Sun

CARROLL COUNTY, Md. — Seven people were injured after a tractor-trailer crashed into a Carroll County ambulance in Baltimore County Saturday evening, according to the Baltimore County Police Department.

Officers responded to the intersection of Butler Road and Westminster Pike around 8:10 p.m. for reports of an accident involving a Carroll County ambulance and a tractor-trailer. Upon arrival, officers found multiple victims and called in support from Maryland State Police to fly patients to nearby hospitals.

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Police said the ambulance was responding in emergency mode, with lights and sirens on, when it was struck by the tractor-trailer going through the intersection. The tractor-trailer was transporting fuel, but none was seen leaking from its container after the crash.

Medics treated seven victims on scene, who were then taken by ambulance to local hospitals, while two patients were flown to hospitals by state police. Police said at least three vehicles were involved in the crash. The Baltimore County Police Crash Team is investigating the incident.

(Video courtesy of David Ellin, attorney at law)

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