Trending Topics

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.

| MORE: Don’t let the intersections control you

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)

Trending
Madison firefighters say the curious child likely crawled into the prize machine through the retrieval window and was freed within minutes
Police say the suspect took a Boulder Fire-Rescue engine minutes after his release and fled before being slowed down by stop sticks
Citing staffing challenges and sustainability concerns, Lexington city leaders moved emergency response to the Spring Lake Park-Blaine-Mounds View Fire Department
Police say a man broke into his estranged wife’s home before a powerful explosion destroyed the Queens house

©2025 Baltimore Sun.
Visit baltimoresun.com.
Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Company News
Each year, the NFFF carries out a responsibility entrusted to it by Congress: honoring America’s fallen firefighters and standing alongside the families they leave behind. In 2026, that mission is at risk.