Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders鈥� job.
Regardless of pushback, providers have a responsibility to put the safety of the patient above all else when on scene
New proposed standards may require significant action to improve safe practices
Is it the providers鈥� responsibility to stay until the patient can be located? If not, how long is long enough?
A bus carrying farm workers overturned after it collided with a truck in Marion County
The Elyria woman was riding a motorized scooter when she was struck by an ambulance
Lone Peak, is one of the highest peaks in the Wasatch Range towering over Salt Lake City
The investigation determined the Springfield Township assistant chief did not adequately investigate the incident
The bus driver lost control and struck a guardrail on I-95 in Harford County
Investigators determined officers in the ambulance were observers and medics were in charge
Authorities say explosion at Old Bridge sign company was the result of a chemical reaction
Independent pathologist concluded that the bruises on Jameek Lowery鈥檚 face, fractures to his fingers were the result of 鈥渂lunt force trauma鈥�
鈥淚鈥檝e got shots fired and an officer down,鈥� a marshal can be heard saying over police radio. 鈥淢ultiple rounds are being fired at officers鈥�
Las Cruces police said the driver was trying to park her and stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake
Dodge Center Ambulance personnel responded to a collapse at the Con-Tech plant
A two-year-old boy died after a gust of wind sent the bounce house airborne
Four officers were killed and four others were wounded while trying to capture a man who was wanted for possession of a firearm by an ex-felon
An oversized load fell off a trailer and onto a vehicle in Temple, killing two people
Former paramedic Jeremy Cooper faced up to three years in prison after being found guilty of criminally negligent homicide
EMT Chastian McWhorter, 26, was killed on April 1 after the ambulance he was in crashed into a semi-truck
Paramedics placed a backboard on the victim and an officer sat on it while they tried to restrain him
The NYPD said the Florida man took out pamphlets espousing conspiracy theories, then doused himself in an accelerant
Deputy Alfredo Flores was one of two burned in a fire inside a mobile shooting range in October
Two children were killed when a suspected drunk driver crashed into the Berlin Township building where the party was hosted
Independent autopsy of Jameek Lowery counters the state鈥檚 cause of death due to cardiac arrest while under the influence of bath salts
The California Highway Patrol said Recruit Jacob Fuerte was in an earlier collision before exiting his vehicle and was not in a hit-and-run incident
LAFD paramedics, USAR team worked to lift the forklift off the worker
Jacob Fuerte was on his way to training when he stopped to help at a vehicle crash
Coroner鈥檚 report states Reginal Payne suffered cardiac arrest after being restrained face down, in the prone position
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