Fountain Valley, CA : Six people injured when an ambulance collided with a van in Fountain Valley on Friday afternoon, April 22, 2016
Fountain Valley, California
Six people were injured when an ambulance collided with a van Friday afternoon in Fountain Valley, police said.
A van traveling east on Warner Avenue collided at about 2:50 p.m. at Euclid Street and Warner Avenue with a CARE ambulance responding to a call with its emergency lights and siren operating, Lt. Matt Sheppard said.
The ambulance overturned.
Five people inside and a passenger in the van were hurt. Sheppard said he was unaware if any of victims in the ambulance were patients.
The injured were transported to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, he said.
The Orange County Fire Authority, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, and Fountain Valley fire departments sent personnel to the scene. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Ambulance overturns after collision with van; 6 hurt