LOUISVILLE, KY : Bullitt County paramedic in critical condition after ambulance crash involving semi on Monday, 19th June 2023

A Bullitt County ambulance taking a patient to a downtown Louisville hospital was involved in a serious crash in the Downtown Hospital District Monday morning.

The crash happened around 3:30 a.m. in the 200 block of East Chestnut Street involving a semi-trailer truck.

LMPD said the ambulance was heading east on Chestnut Street with its lights and siren on when it went through a red light and was hit by the semi-trailer truck that had exited I-65 north on the ramp to Brook Street.

Chris Hale, director of Bullitt County EMS, said the ambulance had two EMS workers who were both injured. Both were taken to UofL Hospital by Louisville Metro EMS for treatment.

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