Leakesville, MS : Two ambulance crew members die in fiery crash in Greene County on Tuesday, June 24, 2014

An ASAP ambulance crew is dead after a two-vehicle wreck involving an 18-wheeler on Highway 63 in Greene County around 11:00 a.m. Tuesday.

According to Mississippi Highway Patrol officials, an ASAP ambulance was traveling north bound on Highway 63, heading to a medical call, red lights initiated but no sirens. The ambulance approached a semi truck, and then made an attempt to overtake the truck and another semi hauling a bulldozer in front, the ambulance went in to the left lane, and the lead semi in front made a left hand turn in front of them, they collided.

After collision the ambulance burst in to flames, as a result of the crash and the fire, two fatalities, which were the driver and occupant of the ambulance were confirmed at the scene.

The names of the two ambulance crew members have not been released, pending positive identification from the Mississippi Crime Lab.

The driver of the 18-wheeler was transported from the scene by ambulance with minor injuries from the scene just south of Piave Plaza Road.

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Ambulance crew killed in fiery Greene County crash