PITTSBURGH — A medic as taken to a local hospital after an ambulance crash in a Pittsburgh neighborhood early Wednesday morning.
The crash happened around 4:30 a.m. on Freeport Road near Walnut Grill.
A Lower Kiski ambulance, out of Armstrong County, was taking a woman to nearby St. Margaret Hospital when it crossed the centerline and struck a guardrail, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety report.
A female medic in the rear of the vehicle was not wearing a seatbelt and sustained head injuries, facial trauma and was initially unresponsive. She was taken to a local hospital by Pittsburgh EMS in critical condition, according to the report.
The patient and the male driver were not injured in the crash.
The Collision Investigation Unit responded to the scene and Freeport Road was closed temporarily. It reopened to traffic by 6 a.m.
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