Infant Dies After Ambulance Crashes On Way To Philadelphia Hospital

A babe woman has died aft an ambulance transporting her to infirmary collided astatine velocity pinch different vehicle, sending nan kid and her mother done nan windshield, authorities person said.

The clang occurred astir 5 a.m. Sunday greeting successful nan Frankford area of Philadelphia aft nan ambulance ran a reddish light, rule enforcement said. The mother and kid were being taken to infirmary successful nan backstage vehicle, reportedly driven by nan infant’s 51-year-old grandfather.

Officers had responded to a 911 telephone astir an unresponsive babe astatine a adjacent residence but were told that a family personnel was taking nan kid to hospital.

The ambulance, belonging to Medstar EMS, was walking astatine “a precocious complaint of speed” and not operating its lights aliases siren, constabulary said. After moving nan light, nan conveyance collided pinch a Honda Accord.

The unit of nan clang sent some nan mother and her babe done nan windshield and into nan road, according to police. Philadelphia Fire Department medics transported nan brace to Albert Einstein Medical Center, wherever nan babe was pronounced dormant astatine 6:17 a.m.

The mother sustained terrible caput trauma and remains successful captious information Monday.

"I dream nan lady's OK, I dream she makes it," Tyron Herring, who lives adjacent to nan segment of nan crash, told CBS. "Even though her kid is gone, her life is still important."

The Honda driver, a 25-year-old male, refused aesculapian curen astatine nan scene.

The ambulance driver was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital and will look charges including DUI. Philadelphia District Attorney's agency said they had not been contacted by constabulary regarding charges against him, CBS reported Sunday night.

The Independent has contacted nan DA’s agency for an update connected immoderate charges, and MedStar EMS for comment. The institution declined to remark to CBS and said it is conducting its ain investigation.

Philadelphia Police Department said nan investigation remains ongoing pinch nan Crash Investigation Division.