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Ambulance Crashes into Concrete Divider

Sarpy County investigators spent hours looking into why an ambulance crashed into a concrete divider on Highway 75 and flipped on its side.

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Reporter: Brian Mastre

Sarpy County investigators spent hours looking into why an ambulance crashed into a concrete divider on Highway 75 and flipped on its side.

It happened before 5pm Wednesday on Highway 75 and LaPlatte Road just north of the Platte River.

Traffic was backed up for more than two hours.

According to the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office, the ambulance from Murray was headed to a metro hospital with an injured woman who had just been in a car crash, when it came into contact with a sedan at the intersection.

The front axle came off the rescue squad.

The injured woman was locked down on a gurney so she was sideways and still in place when the ambulance flipped.

There were two EMT's in the squad plus a driver. All but one of the EMT's needed another ambulance to be checked out.

They left in serious conditions.

Investigators are trying to determine how the traffic signals were when the ambulance came through the intersection.