Vehicle Strikes CFD Ambulance With Patient Onboard
CHICAGO (CBS)-- A vehicle struck a Chicago Fire Department ambulance that had a patient onboard Wednesday morning.
According to CFD, the ambulance was parked at a nursing around 5:09 a.m. Officials were treating an 84-year-old nursing home patient in the back of the ambulance at the time of the incident.
SUV crashed into an ambulance just after 5am that was parked on Western near 80th Ave with paramedics tending to a nursing home patient. 84-year-old patient & 2 paramedics both in their 30's were transported to area hospitals with minor injuries. NB Western is partially blocked. pic.twitter.com/lpEliNIBTl
— Jeanette Hudson (@JHudsontraffic) October 23, 2019
The incident took place near 80th Avenue.
The 84-year-old male nursing home patient was transported to a local hospital, along with two paramedics in their 30s..
The occupants of the vehicle that struck the ambulance refused treatment.