Five hurt after Alberta ambulance responding to call crashes with SUV
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This article was published 18/02/2025 (291 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
STONY PLAIN, Alta. – RCMP say five people went to hospital after an ambulance responding to a service call crashed with an SUV west of Edmonton.
The crash happened Monday along a stretch of highway in Parkland County, south of Stony Plain.
Mounties say the SUV was crossing a highway when it collided with the ambulance, which had been carrying three emergency medical personnel.
They say the ambulance also had its lights and siren on at the time of the crash.
However, an Alberta Health Services spokesperson said in an email the ambulance was not on a call.
Police say the driver of the SUV and a passenger are at the University of Alberta Hospital in critical but stable condition, and the ambulance workers were taken to area hospitals in other ambulances.
RCMP spokesman Cpl. Troy Savinkoff says one paramedic was sent home with minor injuries, another has moderate non-life-threatening injuries and the third is in stable condition.
An investigation will look at the actions of the SUV driver and why the vehicle failed to stop at the intersection, said Savinkoff.
“Is it simply a range road stop sign that they missed? Is it a situation where it was excessive speed that caused them to go through the intersection?” he said Tuesday.
“That’s what we’d be investigating to determine what caused that vehicle to not stop at that intersection.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 18, 2025.