WINCHESTER, Tenn. (WTVF) — An ambulance overturned Tuesday morning following a crash at the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and Tennessee State Route 16.
Officers responded to the incident at approximately 8:24 a.m., where a Priority Ambulance Service vehicle was struck on the driver's side by a black Ram 3500 while transporting a patient from a prior crash in Huntland, according to the Winchester Police Department.
The force of the collision caused the ambulance to roll onto its roof and slide into the highway's median. Emergency crews from the Winchester Fire Department and Priority Ambulance administered on-site medical aid.
The original patient was transferred to a different ambulance and subsequently transported to Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital in Winchester with non-life-threatening injuries. A paramedic involved in the crash was airlifted by Life Force to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville with serious but stable injuries.
Authorities reported lane closures at the intersection as the incident remained under investigation.