ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A woman has died and three people, including two emergency workers, are hurt after a car and an ambulance crashed in Rochester, New York, authorities said.
OVERNIGHT: Tragic loss of life. A 23 year old is dead after a crash involving an AMR ambulance.
— Eriketa Cost (@eriketacost_tv) June 17, 2021
Officers say ambulance was on the way to a medical call - two employees in the vehicle are expected to survive. Other two people in car expected to survive. @News_8 pic.twitter.com/cA5PafeENT
According to WHEC and WROC, the wreck occurred shortly before 1:30 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of North Goodman Street and Central Park. An American Medical Response ambulance en route to a medical call collided with a vehicle carrying three women, Rochester police said.
A 23-year-old woman in the car died at the scene, while another occupant was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, WROC reported. She is expected to recover from her injuries, police said. A third woman was unharmed, according to the news outlet.
Both emergency workers aboard the ambulance were hospitalized with injuries that weren’t believed to be life-threatening, police said. No patients were inside the ambulance when the crash occurred, authorities said.
No further information was immediately available.
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