Traffic Exchange

Jun 6, 2013

Ga. ambulance crash killed 2 EMTs and 1 patient

Ga. ambulance crash
Ga. ambulance crash killed 2 EMTs and 1 patient, An ambulance has collided with a semitrailer on a Georgia highway, killing the two medics and the patient on board.

According to the Georgia State Patrol, the wreck happened around 5 a.m. Thursday on state Highway 32, near the small town of Ocilla in south Georgia.

The Coffee County ambulance was traveling with its lights and siren activated when the semi jack-knifed across the centerline and into the path of the ambulance. The ambulance struck the left side of the semi.

According to the reports, the patient was 65-year-old Charles Arvin Smith of Tifton. The emergency medical technicians were identified as 44-year-old Teresa Ann Davis of Axson, who was driving the ambulance, and 56-year-old Randall Whiddon of Ashburn.