Medics die in crash while rushing to baby's aid
As a result of the accident, the driver of the "Ambulance" vehicle, a man born in 1980, and an employee of "Emergency Medical Aid", a man born in 1958, died at the scene of the incident.
Consensus
- Two medical workers died in a traffic accident in Petrozavodск on October 17.
- The accident occurred at the intersection of Krasnoarmeyskaya and Maxim Gorky streets.
- The ambulance was traveling with emergency signals activated.
- The ambulance collided with a Kia vehicle.
- The driver of the Kia was hospitalized and in stable condition.
- The victims were en route to a call for a 7-month old child.
- The Ministry of Health of Karelia confirmed the identities of the deceased.
- Authorities are investigating the circumstances and causes of the accident.
Points of divergence
- The accident occurred at 03:22, which conflicts with the 02:52 time reported by Interfax and other sources. — vm
- The driver of the ambulance was 46 years old and the doctor was 68 years old, which contradicts the birth years (1980 and 1958) reported by Interfax, Fontanka, Vest, and the Ministry of Health. — riamo
- The article mentions a separate incident on October 9 involving a similar collision in Korolev, Moscow Oblast, which is unrelated to the main event. — vm
Coverage (11 sources)
- In Petrozavodsk, a case was opened after a fatal accident involving an ambulance — Вести
- Ambulance brigade died in car accident in Karelia — Интерфакс
- Ambulance thrown off course: video of fatal accident in center of Petrozavodsk appeared — РИАМО
- Moment of fatal accident with ambulance in Karelia captured on video — Фонтанка
- Doctor and ambulance driver died on the way to a call for a 7-month-old baby — РИАМО
- On video appeared a fatal accident with an ambulance in Petrozavodsk — Вести
- Ambulance in Petrozavodsk involved in fatal accident was traveling with special signals — Вести
- «Rushed to the call for a child»: in Karelia a car hit an ambulance, there are victims — Фонтанка
- Two people died in an ambulance that overturned in a traffic accident in Petrozavodsk — Вести
- Emergency doctor in Karelia died rushing to help seven-month-old baby — Вечерняя Москва
- Criminal case opened after car accident in Karelia, where ambulance driver and pediatrician died — Москва 24