FEBRUARY 15, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC
Among the many traffic accidents around the region, a major
crash on the Beltway Inner Loop between River Road and 270 spur shut down
all lanes on Saturday night and sent six people to area hospitals
including two EMS workers.
A pickup truck lost control and crashed into an ambulance as
workers were helping three people trapped in the vehicles in an earlier
accident on that section of the Inner Loop.
Montgomery County Fire spokesman Pete Piringer also
reports a bus ran into first responders who were at an accident on
University Boulevard near Lorain Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland. He
says a Metro bus and Bowie State University bus were involved and no one has
serious injuries.
WTOP’s Rahul Bali headed to the scene of the Beltway
where there was an accident after River Road and responding emergency workers
ended up being hit.
The statistics show that EMS personnel, firefighters,
troopers, tow-truck drivers are at a high risk of injury from other drivers at
the scene of an accident. Flashing
lights, reflective clothing, signs, warnings does not seem to protect the EMS personnel
from negligent or reckless drivers.