Dramatic video has been released of the moment a Massachusetts ambulance driver narrowly avoided a rollover crash on Interstate 95 in winter weather.
Cataldo Emergency Services tells TMX News that EMT Tim Crosby was behind the wheel Tuesday transporting a patient to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston when he witnessed the crash on Interstate 95 South in Peabody. Told.
“The next thing I see out of the corner of my left eye is a car coming across the median,” Crosby told NBC Boston. “Basically, towards me.”
Dashcam video shows Crosby swerving the ambulance to avoid colliding with a white sedan that had rolled across the freeway, scattering debris.
Elderly New York City woman dies after falling through window while shoveling snow
On Tuesday, the vehicle was seen rolling across Interstate 95 in front of an ambulance driver. (Catald Ambulance Service/Auto Overload/TMX)
“When you’re living through this, it’s like slow motion,” Tim Wareham, a paramedic who was treating patients in the back of the ambulance, NBC Boston reported, told the station. “It was coming right at us.”
Ambulance crews then stopped and waited for help to arrive before heading to Boston, where the patient was safely transported to a hospital, TMX News reported.
Massachusetts State Police told NBC Boston that the driver of a white sedan lost control while traveling northbound on Interstate 95 around 12:15 p.m.
Former first responder played key role in saving three people from deadly Florida plane crash
An ambulance driver was seen swerving to the right as the accident unfolded in Peabody, Massachusetts. (Catald Ambulance Service/Auto Overload/TMX)
At the time, a winter storm was bringing heavy snow across New England, making travel conditions difficult.
However, the driver of the car that caused the accident was not injured.
Crosby told NBC Boston that the accident was so serious that he “expected the worst.”
After avoiding a crash in Peabody, Massachusetts, an ambulance driver waited until more help arrived. No injuries were reported to the driver. (Catald Ambulance Service/Auto Overload/TMX)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
“Luckily it was a young man and I rolled down the window and he seemed okay. He was just scared to death,” he added.
