Alliance Medical Transport Service aka Alliance Mobile Care - CCTNon-injury incident

Date: March 31, 2006 13:00 EST

Program: Alliance Medical Transport Service aka Alliance Mobile Care
	3200 Burnet Avenue
	Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

Model: Horton, Ford 350

Type: Type III

Weather: Rain, no fog

Road: Wet

Team: No injuries reported. No patient. 

Description: 
	The ALS ambulance was enroute (no lights and sirens) to pick up a
	patient at one of the area hospitals.  When the ambulance entered the
	expressway they hit an oil slick and failed to make the curve,
	striking the right front fender on the guard rail.  Minimal damaged
	occured to the ambulance, however, the bumper was pushed against the
	right front tire, requiring a tow to the maintenance facility.  
	
	Because of the position of the unit, the crew elected to exit the
	ambulance and took shelter under the overpass to wait for a tow
	truck.  While waiting, they witnessed numerous other vehicles
	fish-tailing over the oil slick.  
	
	A vehicle stopped to see if they needed any assitance and a
	semi-truck, moving to avoid the vehicle and ambulance, hit the same
	oil slick, lost control and jack-knifed, sliding into the car and
	ambulance.  The ambulance then received extensive unrepairable
	damage.
	

Additional Info: 
	The driver of the car received minor injuries and was tranported to
	the area trauma center by a city ambulance. The second accident
	closed the expressway for several hours.  Police on scene noted to
	our drivers that these types of accidents occur frequently at this
	location. The truck driver was the only person cited.  

Source: Dudley Smith, Director, Alliance Medical Transport Service