Ambulance hits car and flips over in Pensacola

An ambulance hits a car and flips over in Pensacola, FL.

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[penguinnmann]

Actually they do, By law they have to come to a speed at which they can safely stop at an intersection green light or not before they proceed, so in this case the ambulance driver is at fault, he was overdriving his siren and tried to run the intersection without slowing. I teach this class trust me on this one.

[halonkin]

i dont know what state you are in but as far as i know everybody have to stop or slowdown before runing a red light

[Linussbugg]

@halonkin Actually, not every state requires you to stop. In the state of Texas, there is no law governming what an emergency vehicle can or cannot do when it's driving code.

The only rule is to do with it "due regard". If an accident happens, you're assumed at fault until proven otherwise.

You can run all the red lights you want and as long as theres no negative outcome there's no law being broken.

[synicle0723]

also, substandard training of Drivers and attendants puts the rest of us EMS staff in a bad light with the public, for Christ's sake, train these people properly so situations like this wont happen, train your people on "tunnel-vision", how to combat it

[synicle0723]

this MVC is unfortunate but, at 11 second on this video, the traffic light clearly shows its red, also, the driver of the ambulance is not supposed to be driving aggressively, he/she is supposed to be driving cautiously, when approaching any intersection, regardless, stop, look, and listen if able, there has been instances of ambulances coming to intersection, and at the same time, another emergency vehicle approaches the same intersection.

And above all, postal vehicles have the right of way

[Boocho88]

ambulance or not u dont enter into a intersection whit that speed...

[drbroat]

he wanted to be the first on the site to get that bigger bonus

[wilsontt88]

He's lucky, an ambulance is nearby...

[boeing159]

Looks like they ran a red light. They should have at least slowed down before entering the intersection, especially when the light is still green for the other lanes of traffic.

[altern8ive]

dont know what your definition of "flips" is but it isnt the same as mine. No Flip!! :-|

[Rileeee1]

Wow even though ambulances are trying to seave peoples lives i understand going fast on streets but slow down at stop lights and stop signs is that too much to ask JEEZ

[marcjtdc]

ambulance did not flip.