Hunt for hit-and-run driver who flipped over ambulance on way to emergency --[Reported by Umva mag]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Footage shows the moment a driver forced an ambulance with blue lights on to crash into a ditch, causing a ‘life-threatening’ delay. The crash caused significant damage to the ambulance when it tried to avoid a head-on collision with a driver. Dash cam footage from the ambulance shows how the South Central Ambulance Service approaches a T-junction on the A339 in Alton, Hampshire, on Friday, September 20. Suddenly, a white Ford Fiesta-type car pulls out of the junction with Spain Lane right in front of the ambulance at about 11.15pm. The white car, thought to be a Ford Fiesta, pulled out in front of the oncoming ambulance on the A339 (Picture: Hampshire Constabulary) Only the ambulance driver’s split-second decision avoids a crash with the car (Picture: Hampshire Constabulary) The two vehicles appear to brush sides before the ambulance takes a tumble as its driver tries to avoid a full-on crash, landing on its side in the ditch. The driver of the white car didn’t stop at the scene, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary confirmed. The force said: ‘Luckily, nobody was injured as a result. ‘The ambulance was not conveying any patients at the time, but was on a blue light run and this caused a considerable and potentially life-threatening delay in getting to that patient, who was attended to by another ambulance instead.’ The crash caused around £26,000 worth of damage to the ambulance and it will be out of action for a month. A number of ‘lines of enquiry’ are on going to ‘identify this vehicle and its driver,’ the force said. ‘If you are this driver, or know who they are, please contact us,’ it added. Officers would also like to speak with anyone with dash cam or CCTV footage. Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting reference 44240405658 or to report online here. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected]. For more stories like this, check our news page.

Oct 10, 2024 - 17:37

Hunt for hit-and-run driver who flipped over ambulance on way to emergency --[Reported by Umva mag]

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Footage shows the moment a driver forced an ambulance with blue lights on to crash into a ditch, causing a ‘life-threatening’ delay.

The crash caused significant damage to the ambulance when it tried to avoid a head-on collision with a driver.

Dash cam footage from the ambulance shows how the South Central Ambulance Service approaches a T-junction on the A339 in Alton, Hampshire, on Friday, September 20.

Suddenly, a white Ford Fiesta-type car pulls out of the junction with Spain Lane right in front of the ambulance at about 11.15pm.

Dash cam footage showing a Ford Fiesta swerving in front of an ambulance in Alton, Hampshire. — The white car, thought to be a Ford Fiesta, pulled out in front of the oncoming ambulance on the A339 (Picture: Hampshire Constabulary)

The two vehicles appear to brush sides before the ambulance takes a tumble as its driver tries to avoid a full-on crash, landing on its side in the ditch.

The driver of the white car didn’t stop at the scene, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary confirmed.

The force said: ‘Luckily, nobody was injured as a result.

‘The ambulance was not conveying any patients at the time, but was on a blue light run and this caused a considerable and potentially life-threatening delay in getting to that patient, who was attended to by another ambulance instead.’

The crash caused around £26,000 worth of damage to the ambulance and it will be out of action for a month.

A number of ‘lines of enquiry’ are on going to ‘identify this vehicle and its driver,’ the force said.

‘If you are this driver, or know who they are, please contact us,’ it added.

Officers would also like to speak with anyone with dash cam or CCTV footage.

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting reference 44240405658 or to report online here.

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected].

For more stories like this, check our news page.

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Hunt for hit-and-run driver who flipped over ambulance on way to emergency --[Reported by Umva mag]

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