At 12:23 pm Friday, TVF&R was called to a collision in the northbound lanes on Highway 217 just prior to Greenburg Road. When crews arrived they found a Metro West Ambulance off the highway and into a tree and a Ford Explorer on its top. The adult female driver of the Ford Explorer was being assisted by the Metro West paramedics (involved in the accident) and an AMR ambulance crew that happened to be on Highway 217 when the accident occurred. The female driver was treated on scene and transported as a trauma patient via a second Metro West Ambulance. A third vehicle that had swerved to avoid the Ford Explorer was off the highway but the driver was not injured. Both Metro West paramedics were transported to a local hospital as a precautionary measure.
The Metro West Ambulance was not transporting a patient at the time of the accident. All northbound lanes of the highway were closed for approximately 30 minutes during the incident. One lane has been reopened at this hour. The cause of the collision is under investigation by Tigard Police Department.