Ambulance hit. Driver dies of injuries sustained in crash
Melissa Topey • Updated Yesterday at 10:43 PM
CLYDE — The paramedic driving a LifeStar Ambulance died around 12:30 Friday morning after a two vehicle crash at the intersection of County Road 197 and Ohio 19 in Green Creek Township just before 7:30 Thursday evening.
Sandra L. Cline, 45, of Holland, suffered what would be fatal injuries after William A. Bluethmann, driving a 2013 Dodge Journey SUV, failed to stop at a stop sign and struck the ambulance, said Sgt. Justin Powell, of the Fremont post of the Ohio State Patrol.
The ambulance over turned onto its side. Powell said troopers did receive information from witness that Cline might have been thrown from the vehicle but they could not independently confirm that information.
“She was unconscious,” Powell said. “Several witnesses assisted at the scene.”
Cline was transported by medical helicopter to Mercy St. Vincent's Hospital in Toledo.
LifeStar Ambulance is out of Toledo.
All together four people were hurt.
Bluethmann suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported by Sandusky County EMS to Fremont Memorial Hospital.
Chris Nelson, 42, of Wauseon, was part of the medical crew in the ambulance. He suffered non-life threatening injuries but was transported by Sandusky County EMS to Mercy St. Vincent Hospital in Toledo.
The ambulance crew was transporting Toni Johnson, 45, of Tiffin, a patient at the time of the crash. Powell did not know where they were going or what she was being transported for.
Johnson suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported by North Central EMS to ProMedica Memorial Hospital in Fremont.
Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash, Powell said.
The crash remains under investigation and possible charges are pending.
Updated 3:40 a.m.
Sandra Cline died from her injuries, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Updated with story 2:06 a.m.
Green Creek Township — The driver of a LifeStar Ambulance is fighting for her life after a two vehicle crash at the intersection of County Road 197 and Ohio 19 just before 7:30 Thursday evening.
Sandra L. Cline, 45, of Holland, suffered life threatening injuries after William A. Bluethmann, driving a 2013 Dodge Journey SUV, failed to stop at a stop sign and struck the ambulance, said Sgt. Justin Powell, of the Fremont post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The ambulance over turned onto its side. Powell said troopers did receive information from a witness that Cline might have been thrown from the vehicle but they could not independently confirm that information.
“She was unconcious,” Powell said. “Several witnesses assisted at the scene.”
Cline was transported by medical helicopter to Mercy St. Vincent's Hospital in Toledo.
LifeStar Ambulance is out of Toledo.
All together four people were hurt.
Bluethmann suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported by Sandusky County EMS to Fremont Memorial Hospital.
Chris Nelson, 42, of Wauseon, was part of the medical crew in the ambulance. He suffered non-life threatening injuries but was transported by Sandusky County EMS to Mercy St. Vincent Hospital in Toledo.
The ambulance crew was transporting Toni Johnson, 45, of Tiffin, a patient at the time of the crash. Powell did not know where they were going or what she was being transported for.
Johnson suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported by North Central EMS to ProMedica Memorial Hospital in Fremont.
Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash, Powell said.
The crash remains under investigation and possible charges are pending.
Original Post
CLYDE, OH — Troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol are at the scene of a crash which happened at 7:23 tonight at Ohio 19 and Limerick Road.
The crash involved an ambulance but dispatch could not confirm whether a patient was onboard. Three to four people were hurt.
A medical helicopter was called to the scene.
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CLYDE, OHIO
Medic Sandra L. Cline, 45, has died in the Line of Duty after a man driving an SUV, failed to stop at a stop sign and struck the Life Star ambulance she was in. The ambulance, which was transporting a patient overturned onto its side. Troopers did receive information from a witness that Medic Cline might have been thrown from the vehicle but they could not independently confirm that information.
Medic Cline was transported by medical helicopter to Mercy St. Vincent’s Hospital in Toledo. LifeStar Ambulance is out of Toledo. All together four people were hurt.
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Paramedic is dead, 3 others injured after crash
SUV ran stop sign, striking EMS vehicle Thursday evening
By Mike Sigov | BLADE STAFF WRITER
Published on Sept. 23, 2016 | Updated 1:38 p. m.
CLYDE, Ohio — A paramedic who was seriously injured when the ambulance she was driving was struck by a sport utility vehicle that had run a stop sign near this Sandusky County community has died, authorities said.
Sandra Cline, 45, of Holland, Ohio, was pronounced dead at 12:28 a.m. today at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center, about five hours after the crash, Toledo, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.
The Ms. Cline was driving the ambulance southbound on State Route 19 at Sandusky County Road 197 in Green Creek Township about 7:20 p.m. Thursday when it was struck in the driver’s side by the SUV driven by William Bluethmann, 48, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., west on Road 197, after he failed to stop at a stop sign, according to the patrol’s Fremont post. The impact caused the ambulance to overturn, troopers said in a written statement released today.
Mr. Bluethmann was taken to ProMedica Memorial Hospital in Fremont, where Toni Johnson, 45, of Tiffin, Ohio, who was a patient in the ambulance, was also transported. A hospital spokesman said she had no information about people by those names. The patrol said their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
Also injured was Chris Nelson, 42, of Wauseon, another medical technician in the ambulance, according to the patrol. He who listed in fair condition today at Mercy Health St. Vincent, a hospital spokesman said.
Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash, according to the report.
The report did not say whether the ambulance’s siren and flashing lights were activated at the time of the crash. A patrol dispatcher said today that the crash was still under investigation.
Ms. Cline was a paramedic at Life Star Ambulance, which is owned by Mercy Health. She worked for Life Star in various capacities since 1995, a Mercy Health spokesman said.
Clyde is about 39 miles southeast of Toledo.