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One Dead in Ore. Ambulance-Vehicle Crash
08/01/2013
July 31--A woman died Wednesday when her vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic and slammed head-on into a Eugene Fire Department ambulance on Clear Lake Road, Oregon State Police reported.
The woman, whose name was not released, died at the scene, troopers said.
Two paramedics and a patient in the ambulance were taken by another ambulance to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend with non-life threatening injuries. Their names were not released.
Troopers said the ambulance was on a non-emergency transport with no lights or siren activated.
The accident remains under investigation.
-- Tom Hallman Jr.
Copyright 2013 - The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
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