Title page
Contents
Background 5
Ambulance Agency, Personnel, Driver Training, and Transport Descript 6
Summary 7
Crash Site 7
Pre-Crash 7
Crash 8
Post-Crash 9
2012 Freightliner M2 Ambulance 10
Description 10
Vehicle Weight/Payload 11
Exterior Damage 11
Interior Damage 13
Manual Restraint Systems 14
Patient Cot System 15
Cot Fastening System 15
Cot and Fastener System Damage 16
2012 Freightliner M2 Occupants 17
Driver Demographics 17
Driver Injuries 17
Driver Kinematics 18
Paramedic Demographics 18
Paramedic Injuries 19
Paramedic Kinematics 22
Patient Demographics 23
Patient Injuries 23
Patient Kinematics 23
1999 Jeep Cherokee 24
Description 24
Exterior Dama 24
Occupant Data 25
Crash Diagram 26
Crash Diagram (A Detailed View) 27
Figure 1. Forward-right oblique view of the 2012 Freightliner M2 Type I ambulance at the time of the SCI inspection 5
Figure 2. North-facing view of the roadway and pre-crash approach of the Jeep 7
Figure 3. Northeast view of the guardrail struck by the right plane of the ambulance 8
Figure 4. Eastward view of the cable barrier struck by the ambulance resulting in the one-quarter overturn onto its right side 8
Figure 5. Right-front oblique image of the 2012 Freightliner M2 Type I ambulance 10
Figure 6. Left-rear oblique view of the 2012 Freightliner depicting the Event 1 damage 12
Figure 7. Right-plane view of the 2012 Freightliner depicting the damage sustained from Event 2 and Event 4 12
Figure 8. Front-plane view of the 2012 Freightliner depicting the Event 3 damage 12
Figure 9. View of the 2012 Freightliner cab interior depicting the broken speaker 13
Figure 10. Leftward shifting of the patient compartment 13
Figure 11. View of the right bench rear wall of the patient compartment where the paramedic contacted with his back 14
Figure 12. The 2012 Freightliner driver's seat belt evidence of historical use 14
Figure 13. Stryker Power Pro-XT patient cot system that was used during the incident 15
Figure 14. Image of an exemplar patient cot secured to the Stryker Power-LOAD cot fastening system 16
Figure 15. Image of the damaged plate on the patient cot 16
Figure 16. Front-left oblique view of the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee 24
Figure 17. Front-plane view of the Event 1 and Event 6 damage sustained by the Jeep 24
Figure 18. Rear-plane view of the Event 5 damage sustained by the Jeep 25