{"id":53838,"date":"2025-02-08T16:41:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T21:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=53838"},"modified":"2025-02-08T16:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T21:42:17","slug":"patient-killed-after-hillsborough-fire-rescue-ambulance-barges-through-intersection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/02\/08\/patient-killed-after-hillsborough-fire-rescue-ambulance-barges-through-intersection\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient killed after Hillsborough Fire Rescue ambulance barges through intersection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A patient in transit in a Hillsborough County Fire Rescue ambulance was killed after the driver plowed through an intersection Friday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The ambulance, driven by a 26-year-old fire rescue man, was traveling eastbound in non-emergency mode, on McGee Road in Plant City around 11:35 p.m. Also in the ambulance was a 47-year-old crewmember and their patient, a 64-year-old Plant City woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the same time, a 52-year-old Wesley Chapel man driving a Peterbilt semi-truck was traveling northbound on SR-39, approaching the intersection of McGee Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FHP said at the intersection, the ambulance drove into the path of the semi-truck without yielding. The semi jackknifed onto the shoulder, while the ambulance flipped.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The driver of the ambulance and the crewmember both suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The patient aboard the ambulance was taken to a hospital where she later died from her injuries during the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No further details have been released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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