Ambulance runs over police officer, woman while responding to medical distress call
Posted April 21, 2024 2:28 pm.
An ambulance called to assist a woman in distress struck both the woman in question and the police officer helping her early Sunday morning, according to Edmonton police.
Officers came across a woman in medical distress in a parking lot near 101 Street and 82 Avenue around 2 a.m. They provided first aid and called EMS to assist.
When the ambulance arrived, police say it ran over the 25-year-old woman and an officer “while driving around the police patrol vehicle.”
Both the woman and officer were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries by another ambulance.
The EPS major collision investigations section is investigating.
Anyone with information is asked to call 780-423-4567 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
