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Man Facing Charges After Shots Fired At Police Car, Ambulance
MOON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Moon Township police have filed charges against an Evans City man in connection with shots being fired at a police cruiser and ambulance overnight. Authorities say Ryan McCleary...
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Car Collides With Ambulance, 5 Injured In Armstrong Co.
PARKS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Five people were rushed to area hospitals after a car collided with an ambulance in Armstrong County. A 24-year-old woman was driving the Volkswagen. Her 30-year old husband was...
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Ambulance Hits Pole In Wilkinsburg
WILKINSBURG (KDKA) — An ambulance was involved in an accident overnight in Wilkinsburg. The ambulance was transporting a patient, when it crashed into a pole on Bessica Street just before midnight....
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Ambulance Crashes In Brookline
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A late night accident involving an ambulance in Brookline is under investigation. The crash happened around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at East Saw Mill Run Boulevard and Colerain Street....
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Woman Shot During Light Up Night Festivities
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A woman was shot during Saturday night’s Light Up Night festivities in downtown Pittsburgh. It happened before 10 p.m. in Market Square. The woman was shot in the buttocks and...
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Route 40 Reopens After Crash
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Route 40 in Somerset is open again after a crash Monday afternoon. Police say a minivan and a tractor trailer collided on the road around 3 p.m. near the Maryland state line....
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Homeless Man Takes Westmoreland Co. Ambulance For A Spin
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A homeless man is in police custody after allegedly taking a Westmoreland County ambulance on an overnight joy ride. The ambulance was taken from the Eastern Area PreHospital in...
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State Police Seek Suspect In Theft Of Drugs From EMS Building
MOUNT PLEASANT (KDKA) — State police are investigating after drugs were stolen from a medical kit inside the Norvelt EMS building. The theft was noticed recently, but could have happened anytime over...
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Ambulance, Motorcycle Collided On Route 65
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A motorcyclist suffered critically injuries and two EMTs were also hurt when an ambulance collided with a motorcycle Friday night on the North Side. It happened before 9 p.m. along...
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1 Dead, Several Injured In East Pittsburgh Crashes
EAST PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — One person is dead and several others were injured, including emergency responders, in two accidents that part of Route 30 Friday night. Route 30 near the Westinghouse Bridge...
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Elderly Victim Of East Pittsburgh Crash Identified
EAST PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There are new details today following a crash Friday evening in East Pittsburgh that claimed the life of an elderly man and left several others, including a police officer and...
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Man Falls From Scaffolding In Washington Co. Mine
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A man was taken to the hospital after falling from a scaffolding at a mine company Friday morning. It happened before noon at the BMX Portal Mine Company on Enon Church Road in West...
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Parkway Crash Sends 2 To Hospital, Including Pregnant Woman
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A crash shut down part of the Parkway East overnight. A car and a private ambulance collided near the Oakland exit around 3 a.m. Two people were taken to the hospital for treatment,...
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Man Escapes Ambulance, Jumps Off Bridge
APOLLO, Pa. (AP) — A man escaped from an ambulance and jumped off a western Pennsylvania bridge, but was rescued. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that the unidentified man jumped off the Apollo...
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Pa. Man Steals Ambulance, Leads Police On Chase
READING, Pa. (AP) – Police say a Pennsylvania man stole an ambulance and led them on a 10-mile chase before he was arrested. Boyertown police say 47-year-old Kevin C. Fountain stole a Reading Fire...
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40 Treated, 10 Hospitalized During Concert At Stage AE
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Several people had to be treated at a concert at Stage AE Thursday night. It was the second time emergency responders were called to the North Shore to treat people at a concert in...
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Police: Man Tries To Kill Another Man With Tractor
GREENE COUNTY (KDKA) – Police says a Greene County man tried to kill another man with a farm tractor in Washington Township. According to a criminal complaint 59-year-old Frank Oleary went after Robert...
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Paramedic Killed At Scene Of Multiple Vehicle Crashes
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) – A paramedic who responded to vehicle crashes on a western Pennsylvania highway has been struck and killed at the scene by a coal truck. Cambria County Coroner Dennis Kwiatkowski...
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Police Investigating Shooting In New Castle
NEW CASTLE (KDKA)- Police are searching for the person who shot a man in New Castle late Wednesday night. It happened around 11:30 p.m. along Altman Road. Police marked off more than a dozen pieces of...
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Woman Rushed To Hospital After Crash In South Side
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A woman had to be rushed to the hospital after being pulled out of a flipped over car in the South Side. The crash happened around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, in the 600-block of East...
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Police Investigating Stabbing In Rankin
RANKIN (KDKA)- Police are investigating an early-morning stabbing in Rankin. Around 4 a.m., officers and paramedics were called to Hawkins Village for reports of a man who was stabbed. The victim’s...
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Emergency Medicine Doctor Says Self-Driving Ambulances Could Soon Be Reality
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Uber is testing self-driving cars in Pittsburgh. But cars are one thing. What about self-driving ambulances? A local expert in emergency medicine says it’s not only possible, but...
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Police: Ambulance Fails To Show, Woman Dies Day Later
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio police officer says he and a partner drove a barely breathing woman that later died to a hospital because an ambulance crew said it was coming but didn’t show up....
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EMS Virtual Drive, A State-Of-The-Art Simulator, Helping Responders Learn To...
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There are more than 10,000 EMS providers in Western Pennsylvania. That’s 700 ambulances on the roads each day responding to emergencies. And,...
View ArticlePolice: Woman Who Stole Ambulance Was Tired Of Waiting For Her Ride
MT. VERNON, Ky. (CBS Local) – Police in Kentucky say a woman who got tired of waiting for her relatives to pick her up from the hospital stole an ambulance and then tried to go on a carjacking crime...
View ArticleFayette EMS Loses $175,000 Of Equipment After Flash Flooding
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (KDKA) – Fayette County first responders lost approximately $175,000 in equipment after severe flooding tore through the area. In a Facebook post, they shared images of the extensive...
View ArticleLocal Paramedic Is Inspiration Behind Push To Increase Penalties For Drivers...
WASHINGTON, PA (KDKA) – There’s a move to increase penalties for drivers who don’t give first responders enough space. Moving over for emergency responders doesn’t always happen by the book. “Every...
View ArticleVideo Shows Driver Refusing To Move Over For Ambulance Responding To Emergency
AUBURN, Maine (CBS Local) — A paramedic in Maine is sharing his video of a car refusing to pull over for an ambulance in hopes it will raise awareness. The video shows a slow-moving red car refusing to...
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