Police said a driver who was driving an ambulance under the influence crashed in Fairburn, Georgia, on Friday night, resulting in the death of a patient.
According to the incident summary sent by the Georgia Patrol, the 66-year-old patient Wilton Thomason Jr. died when the ambulance overturned into a ditch. Weekly newspaper Saturday.
The state patrol said the 34-year-old driver, Kevin McCorvey, from Marietta, Georgia, was arrested and faced charges of drunk driving, second-level vehicle homicide, opening of containers, and failure to maintain a lane. He was taken to Fulton County Jail on Friday.
“Mr. McCorvey failed to maintain his lane and drove off the western shoulder of the road, causing the ambulance to overturn in the ditch. Mr. Wilton Thomason Jr., 66, was found unrestrained and fatally injured in the back of the ambulance,” Georgia The patrol wrote.
Before 7:30 on Friday night, the state patrol was asked to investigate the crash. According to the police, McCauvey was driving a “2007 Ford At the time of the accident, the Econoline Prime Care EMS ambulance (non-emergency) was driving south on West Campbellton Street.”
Fairburn Hotel police The department announced that it was at the crash site on Friday night.
“We are dealing with a bicycle fatal accident involving an ambulance on W. Campbellton Street. The state patrol has been asked to come to the scene. Please avoid the area,” The department wrote on Facebook.
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In its summary of the crash, the Georgia State Patrol pointed out that the details “are preliminary findings and the crash is still under investigation.”
Georgia News Channel 11 Alive reported that in addition to the driver and the patient, another passenger in the ambulance was not injured at the time of the accident.
According to the National Security CouncilIn 2019, 170 people died in crashes involving emergency vehicles in the United States.
“The majority of these deaths were occupants of non-emergency vehicles (63%),” the National Security Council wrote.
“Pedestrian deaths accounted for another 21%, while emergency vehicle drivers and emergency vehicle passengers each accounted for 5% to 10% of the death toll. Most of these deaths (74%) occurred in multi-vehicle collisions,” it said. Added. .
exist Another incident in April, An ambulance in Brooklyn, New York crashed and rolled over, killing one patient and injuring nine others. Police said the ambulance collided with a car, then rolled over to the driver’s side and hit another car.
