Florida Ambulance Overturns in Crash; 5 Hurt

Two firefighters, their patient and two women were injured


Mike Clary, Sun Sentinel | | Thursday, March 14, 2013


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Five Injured in Florida Ambulance Crash

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Just hours after going through a mock drill in Code 3 trauma in her City College course in paramedic training, Janet Catala came face to face with the real thing Wednesday morning.

In her car and stopped at a traffic signal on Davie Boulevard, Catala said she watched in disbelief as a car broadsided a Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue ambulance as it sped eastward toward Broward Health Medical Center.

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Five Injured in Florida Ambulance Crash


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