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9-16-20 fatal car vs ambulance crash in fdl

todaySeptember 15, 2020

One person was killed and one person received life-threatening injuries in a crash Tuesday morning involving a car and an ambulance.  The State Patrol says a passenger in the car, a 21 year old Fond du Lac man, was killed in the crash.  The driver, a 28 year old Theresa man, received life-threatening injuries.   The patient being transported to the hospital and  two firefighter/paramedics in the ambulance received minor injuries.   Fond du Lac Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says the crash happened at 4:15am at the intersection of North Main and Johnson Streets.  O’Leary says an ambulance was transporting a patient to the hospital from another call in a non-emergency fashion, entered the intersection,  when it was struck by a northbound vehicle.  The state Patrol says the car apparently ran a red light.  The state Patrol says all lanes were blocked in both directions for more than five hours.

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