LOUISVILLE, KY : Interstate reopens following grisly crash leaving 7 hurt on I-264 on Monday, 7th January 2019
Seven people were hurt in a crash on the Watterson Expressway (I-264) in west Louisville involving an ambulance and five other vehicles.MetroSafe confirmed the call came in at 3:04 p.m. Monday reporting the wreck on the Watterson eastbound at Bells Lane.
The ambulance was in the process of transporting a patient to Audubon Hospital when the driver pulled off to the side of I-264, Mitchell Burmeister, of MetroSafe, said. That’s when the ambulance was hit from behind by a dump truck.
Jody Meiman, Louisville Metro EMS Director said the ambulance pulled over when a patient in the back became combative. That’s when the driver came back to help assist with the combative patient and the ambulance was hit by a dump truck. It’s unknown if the ambulance’s lights were on when it pulled over.
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