Horror moment fail-to-stop collision left ambulance on its side causing £26k of damage

An ambulance answering an exigency telephone ended up connected its broadside successful a ditch aft a collision with a vehicle, believed to beryllium a achromatic Ford, causing £26,000 of damage

Shocking dashcam footage has been released of an ambulance which overturned aft it collided with a car during an emergency.

The conveyance was moving with blue-lights blaring erstwhile it was progressive successful a clang and ended up connected its broadside successful a ditch. The footage seemed to amusement the different conveyance - believed to beryllium a achromatic Ford -pulled retired of a junction, causing the paramedic to instrumentality drastic action.

Luckily, nary patients were aboard astatine the clip but much than £26,000 of harm was caused to the ambulance. A spokesperson for Hampshire Police said the hold caused by the mishap caused a “potentially life-threatening” hold to the exigency it was connected its mode to. The incidental happened adjacent Alton, Hampshire, 11.15pm connected Friday, September 20.

A unit spokesperson said: “We are appealing for witnesses and dash cam footage pursuing a collision involving an ambulance adjacent Alton.We were called by South Central Ambulance Service to a study that 1 of their vehicles connected a blue-light tally had near the carriageway and landed connected its broadside successful a ditch.

“This happened connected the A339, astatine the junction with Spain Lane. Luckily, cipher was injured arsenic a result. The ambulance was not conveying immoderate patients astatine the time, but was connected a blue-light tally and this caused a sizeable and perchance life-threatening hold successful getting to that patient, who was attended to by different ambulance instead.

“An estimated £26,000 of harm was caused to the ambulance, which is expected to beryllium retired of committee for a further month. A tiny achromatic car, perchance a Ford Fiesta oregon Focus, is seen connected dash cam footage but did not halt astatine the scene.”

The spokesperson added they are calling for the driver, oregon anyone who whitethorn cognize the driver, of the car, to get successful contact. They said: “We are continuing to analyse a fig of lines of enquiry to place this conveyance and its driver, and are present issuing this dash cam footage arsenic portion of our appeal. If you are this driver, oregon cognize who they are, delight interaction us. We would besides similar to talk to anyone with applicable dash cam oregon CCTV footage.”