A Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance carrying a patient in serious condition collided with another vehicle shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday near the 300 block of South Boyle Avenue in Boyle Heights. Lyndsey Lantz said all five people involved were adults, and the crash left three Fire Department personnel and one other person with minor injuries.
Boyle Avenue and 4th Street
The Fire Department said the ambulance was taking the patient to a hospital when the collision happened at Boyle Avenue and 4th Street. The agency identified five total people at the scene and said three were Fire Department personnel.
That mix leaves two people outside the Fire Department count: the patient who was already in serious condition before the crash and one other individual who reported minor injuries. The patient’s medical condition was part of the transport, not the collision, which is the detail that separates the ambulance run from an ordinary crash report.
Lyndsey Lantz
Lantz, the Fire Department spokesperson, gave the clearest picture of who was involved. She said the five people in the crash were adults, and the department said the personnel and one other individual had minor injuries.
Images from KTLA showed the ambulance alongside a red four-door sedan with front-end damage. The Fire Department did not identify the type of vehicle involved, and the cause of the collision was not explained.
South Boyle Avenue in Boyle Heights
The crash happened during an active patient transport in Los Angeles, where the ambulance was already moving a person in serious condition toward a hospital. For anyone involved in that run, the immediate practical question is the same: the injured Fire Department personnel and the other adult had minor injuries, while the patient’s condition was already serious before the collision.
What caused the ambulance collision with the other vehicle remains the unanswered point in the account. Until that is explained, the confirmed facts are limited to the location, the number of adults involved, and which people were hurt.
