Ambulance and truck crash in Weymouth

I am not surprised. The morning rush hours on that stretch of road are cut-throat, dog-eat-dog affairs and the ambulance drivers on the South Shore
act like they are high on methamphetamine at anytime of the day or night. Ambulance drivers need more training for transporting patients and responsive action on congested roadways.

Just get out of the way

Mari your comments are typical of the morons that post without engaging their brains, if they have them. You have no knowledge of the circumstances that led to this crash but you felt compelled to run your mouth from everything from bad drivers to poorly trained, maniacal EMT's. I'm surprised you didn't have time to mention the glut of box trucks on our highways while you were at it.

Go seek the attention you apparently so crave somewhere else in your life, please.

So you are saying Mari that the people that kill themselves to get to you when you are in trouble need more training? Lets talk about this. They put in 24 hour shifts at two different companies5 - 7 days a week cause theyre making the same rate of pay as a Dunkin Donuts worker to support thier mortgage. Now we need to send them to school so they can avoid hitting folks who dont understand the law. Now im all for training and most EMS workers would agree with me that training is good (and expensive), however when I see an EMS vehicle coming near me (whether its an Ambulance, Police vehicle, or Fire Truck) I get out of the way. If people would just get thier heads out of thier fourth point of contact, we wouldnt be reading about ambulances crashing. Ignorance is bliss eh?

Mari, you have no idea what you are talking about, clearly. The accident was on Route 3 SOUTH, not going to Boston. This stretch of highway is not congested in the morning. Not 'dog-eat-dog affairs' or 'cut-throat'. Get a clue.

Perhaps you should all reserve your judgements until after all the facts are present. The ambulance was struck in the rear, I saw it. They were slowing down to a stop and were struck. Its funny how people are so quick to judge the people that are out there to protect them...

Sure driver training is a great idea. All MA drivers should be required to take and pass such a course. Can you believe that if a would be driver gets 3 questions wrong they still get a permit? What do you do at a Stop sign? What do you do upon approach of emergency vehicle? What do you do at a red light? As an ambulance driver I am always aware that drivers here do not know that the law REQUIRES them to pull over to the right & STOP. It is the rare driver who actually obeys the law. Most drivers slow down a little, a few pull to the right & slow down & some even stop next to a driver pulled over coming the other way, blocking the road completely. A few drivers prefer to stop in the middle of a curve or crest of hill, forcing the ambulance into driving blind into oncoming traffic. Don't know if this accident was fault of EMT or not, but if people obeyed the laws it would make our job easier.

The truck was a Fallon Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulance. It was probably staffed by two paramedics. They are well trained medical staff. They are not morticians. Their job is to get to the accident scene ASAP, deliver emergency care at the scene and stabilize the patient, then get to the hospital ASAP. This is why in a hospital like South Shore there are more patients in the ER than in the morgue.

I am a paramedic and actually know the facts of this accident. I am extremely offended by the first persons comments. It is true that sometimes emergency vehicles appear to be driving erratically, but more often than not the reason for this is we are trying to avoid the other drivers on the road who do not know the law or simply don't care. I also saw the accident this morning in person and know that the ambulance was struck by the truck. Not vice versa. The law in this state is pull to the right and stop. How many people actually do that. As a side note there was a MSP cruiser that was struck by a pickup on the other side of the highway at the same time. The cruiser was parked, Three accidents this morning and none of them were caused by the rescue personell.

mari whats your adress so when we have an emergency at your res i don't make theat little extra effort to kill my self getting there that is all

Mari -- next time you call 911, please add 10 to 20 minutes to your anticipated ambulance ETA. Your child might be choking, but we want these guys driving the ambulances to go much, much more slowly.

Thank you all who support the emts and medics i am an emt for fallon and its crazy how many people dont get out of the way.people need to remember we are not driving fast for the heck of it theres something called an "emergency" cardiac arrest,sob,mva,shock and much more. thanks again for eveyone who stood up for us.