credit: Florida Highway Patrol
A patient in transit in a Hillsborough County Fire Rescue ambulance was killed after the driver plowed through an intersection Friday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The ambulance, driven by a 26-year-old fire rescue man, was traveling eastbound in non-emergency mode, on McGee Road in Plant City around 11:35 p.m. Also in the ambulance was a 47-year-old crewmember and their patient, a 64-year-old Plant City woman.
At the same time, a 52-year-old Wesley Chapel man driving a Peterbilt semi-truck was traveling northbound on SR-39, approaching the intersection of McGee Road.
FHP said at the intersection, the ambulance drove into the path of the semi-truck without yielding. The semi jackknifed onto the shoulder, while the ambulance flipped.
The driver of the ambulance and the crewmember both suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital.
The patient aboard the ambulance was taken to a hospital where she later died from her injuries during the crash.
No further details have been released.
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source: wfla
