Ambulance Crash Log
Two Minneapolis Ambulances Crash in One Night - Minnesota
Two ambulances from Hennepin County Medical Center were involved in separate crashes on Friday Night.
HCMC officials say that second ambulance was responding to the first crash when it was hit by a suspected drunk driver.
Police have identified the driver as 30-year-old man Kartaris Harris of Maplewood, and arrested him for possible DWI charges.
The first crash happened between a taxi and an ambulance when police suspect the taxi driver failed to yield near the corner of Lyndale Avenue and Highway 55 in Minneapolis.
When the second ambulance responded to the crash it was hit by a black minivan, driven by Harris, only two blocks away from HCMC at 7th Street and 5th Avenue.
No one was killed in the crashes, but one woman from the first crash remains in critical condition.
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Jul 3, 2009,
2:28:55 PM
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