Emergency autos from Prince George’s County have been aiding a crash on Route 50 early Sunday morning when the unthinkable occurred — A automobile rammed into the emergency automobile itself.
Nobody was critically injured within the crash.
“About three to 4 occasions a yr, Prince George’s County Fireplace and EMS Division experiences a collision on one in every of our highways involving a fireplace equipment,” Prince George’s County Assistant Fireplace Chief Jonathan Bender mentioned.
It is all too frequent. A automobile hit a Prince George’s County Fireplace and EMS Division automobile only a few years in the past.
These emergency autos are out all hours of the day. Simply final yr, Prince George’s County offered service for over 18,000 rescue calls.
That’s why there’s elevated security efforts for everybody on the roads, together with emergency providers serving to drivers.
Aside from probably severe accidents, the crashes have massive penalties, together with placing emergency autos out of fee. The Prince George’s County Fireplace and EMS Division instructed News4 this may value them as much as $1 million.
Shifting ahead, the division has key ideas to assist preserve the roads secure.
“Decelerate and transfer over,” Bender mentioned. “Maryland has the Transfer Over Regulation. What they should do is adhere to that. Again in 2010, that regulation was enacted for our first responders and has since been up to date to incorporate all autos pulled over on the shoulder of the street, whether or not it’s tow vans or autos pulled over with their warning flashers.”
