Berlin, VT : Three persons were injured in a crash at Interstate 89 On September,21st,Wednesday, 2016

A crash involving an ambulance Wednesday night brought two more to the scene, though no one was seriously hurt and the patient who was being transported was safely delivered to UVM Medical Center in Burlington.

The accident shortly before 8 p.m. disabled an ambulance moments after it left UVM’s Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin with a patient bound for Burlington, according to Chris LaMonda, director of Barre Town Emergency Medical Service.

With the Barre Town ambulance out of commission, a patient in the midst of an emergency transfer, and a paramedic and two others in need of medical attention, ambulances for Barre and Barre Town were quickly dispatched to Berlin Four Corners on Route 62.

LaMonda said the Barre ambulance was first on the scene and was responsible for completing the patient transfer from Berlin to Burlington, while the second Barre Town ambulance brought the shaken paramedic, as well as the driver and passenger of the other vehicle to the CVMC campus for evaluation.

All three were treated and released, said LaMonda, who described front-end damage to the ambulance — a 2013 Chevrolet — as “moderate.”

With Berlin police busy on another call, Vermont State Police responded to the accident at the signalized intersection just off Exit 7 of Interstate 89.

Police said the ambulance was heading toward the interstate on its way to Burlington when it slammed into a Chrysler Seabring driven by Jane Sogge, 66, of Minnesota.

Police said the red emergency lights of the ambulance, driven by Lynn Doney, 55, of Northfield, were activated as it approached the intersection and Sogge, who was traveling on Paine Turnpike, had a green light as she was crossing Route 62.

Doney told police he slowed as he approached the red light at the intersection, but the car driven by Sogge pulled out into his path of travel. Police said Sogge told them she didn’t see the ambulance coming before entering the intersection.

Police didn’t indicate whether any tickets were issued, but said Sogge and her lone passenger were taken to the nearby Berlin hospital, as was the paramedic who was tending to the patient in the ambulance driven by Doney. None suffered serious injuries, they said.

According to police, Doney was not hurt and the patient he was in the process of transporting suffered no accident-related injuries. Both vehicles sustained front-end damage, they said.

The ambulance — one of several in the BTEMS fleet — was tentatively scheduled to be replaced during the coming fiscal year, LaMonda said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether damage caused by the accident would alter that replacement plan.


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Ambulance crash sends 3 more to hospital