Ambulance overturns on Interstate 79
An ambulance belonging to Tri-State Ambulance overturned at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 79 at the south junction of Interstate 70. State police and emergency crews had to break out the window to free the driver.
An ambulance belonging to Tri-State Ambulance overturned at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 79 atthe south junction of Interstate 70. State police and emergency crews had to break out the window to free the driver.
An ambulance carrying a patient overturned at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 79 at the south junction of Interstate 70 in South Strabane Township.
According to state police, driver Charles S. Grubb, 28, of McMechen, W.Va., and medic David G. Jones, 32, of Grafton, W.Va., with Tri-State Ambulance, were transporting a patient with a previous injury from Wheeling, W.Va., to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va.
The accident occurred at the ramp from Interstate 70 to I-79 south, with the ambulance flipping on its side and coming to rest near the median.
Trooper Frank Lewis said Grubb and Jones sustained minor injuries and were transported by ambulance to Washington Hospital. The patient, who remained strapped in the gurney, did not appear to sustain any further injuries. He was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital.
The accident is under investigation. Lewis said it was raining and the wet road could have been a factor.