A Bullitt County ambulance taking a patient to a downtown Louisville hospital was involved in a serious injury crash Monday morning with a semi-trailer truck in the Downtown Hospital District.
Louisville Metro police officers were called around 3:30 a.m. Monday to the 200 block of East Chestnut Street about the crash. According to LMPD, the ambulance was heading east on East Chestnut Street with its lights and siren on. As it went through a red light, the ambulance was hit by the semi-trailer truck which had exited I-65 north on the ramp to Brook St.
Chris Hale, director of Bullitt County EMS, says the ambulance contained two EMS members who were both injured. Both were taken to UofL Hospital by Louisville Metro EMS for treatment.
Hale said the driver, age 32, was treated and released and is home with her family. The paramedic, age 60, who was in the back providing patient care, was seriously injured and is currently in ICU in critical but stable condition with multiple fractures, internal injuries and is being monitored for head injury.
In their initial statement about the crash, LMPD said the paramedic was ejected from the ambulance.
Hale said they were told by Kentucky State Police the patient being transported fled from the scene but is now in custody. Kentucky State Police has not provided the name of that person.
Trooper Scotty Sharp, spokesperson for Kentucky State Police Elizabethtown, said troopers were involved in a short pursuit, approximately two minutes in duration, of a stolen vehicle in Bullitt County. Sharp said the pursuit ended near the Bullitt County Courthouse in Shepherdsville and the car involved caught fire.
The car contained three juveniles. One of the juveniles was being taken by Bullitt County EMS to Louisville with non-life threatening injuries and was aboard the ambulance at the time of the crash..
The names of the injured EMS employees have not been released.
The accident remains under investigation by the Louisville Metro Police Traffic Unit.
Source: WAVE
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