MEDIA CONTACT: Mark E. Brady, Chief Spokesperson, 240-508-7930
mebrady@co.pg.md.us @PGFDPIO
Prince George’s County Public Safety officials are
investigating an incident where an ambulance was involved with injury to a
pedestrian. Preliminary information is
as follows; at around 5:15 pm this afternoon, Paramedic Ambulance 806, St.
Josephs Fire/EMS Station in Springdale, had been dispatched to an
incident. While responding to the
incident location the ambulance and an 11-year-old female made contact at the
intersection of Greenleaf Road and Romney Court in Landover.
The Firefighter/Medics on-board the unit immediately stopped
and initiated treatment to the young female.
According to witness accounts the female may have walked out into the
street from behind a METRO bus and made contact with the side of the responding
unit as it passed.
The patient was experiencing pain in her lower extremities
and transported by another ambulance to a nearby hospital. Her injuries are considered non-life
threatening.
It is a matter of standard operating procedure for the driver of
the paramedic ambulance to undergo post-accident testing. Both members of the crew will also go through
an internal safety review of the incident.
The Prince George’s County Police Department is conducting
an investigation.
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