Traffic accident in Mülheim: ambulance overturned after collision!

Traffic accident in Mülheim: ambulance overturned after collision!

On Thursday afternoon, December 5, 2024, a serious traffic accident occurred in Mülheim an der Ruhr between a car and an ambulance from the fire brigade. The ambulance was on the way to an emergency deployment when there was a collision at the Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke/Tourainer Ring/Friedrich-Ebert-Straße at 12:45 p.m. Reports from Fireworld.at drove the ambulance towards the main train station, during the car the Friedrich-Ebert-Straße Styrum drove. The collision happened at the intersection, where the ambulance came to lie on the driver's side.

First aiders were quickly on hand to look after both the driver of the car and the crew of the ambulance. The fire brigade's control center was informed of both emergency calls and by those affected. As a result, other emergency services were alerted, which secured the rescue and care of a total of four injured people. When the fire brigade arrived, the driver of the ambulance was still locked in the vehicle and was freed by his colleagues. Both the injured car driver and the three relatives of the fire brigade were treated on site and brought to surrounding hospitals. The fire brigade secured the scene of the accident and took care of leaking operating materials, while the intersection was closed for several hours, which resulted in considerable traffic disruptions.

legal consequences

Another important detail about traffic accidents with emergency vehicles comes from Accordingly, the driver of an ambulance is mostly liable in the event of a red light ride in an accident. Last year, the court found that an ambulance driver, who at a speed of over 40 km/h at red, has entered a crossing at red, which bears the main responsibility when an accident is done. This underlines the high level of due diligence that is the responsibility of an ambulance driver to minimize the danger in road traffic.