A catastrophic head-on collision in the early hours of Tuesday morning on Interstate 10 left three critically injured when a wrong-way driver slammed into an AMR ambulance in Tucson, Arizona. The near-fatal encounter, leading to a complete shutdown of the freeway's eastbound lanes, happened around 1:30 a.m. near Grant Road.
Arizona's Department of Public Safety confirmed to Arizona’s Family that the accident occurred amidst a high-speed chase. Troopers were tailing a motorist barreling in the wrong direction when this individual, whose intentions remain unclear, collided directly with the on-duty ambulance. Tucson Police, speaking with Arizona’s Family sister station KOLD 13 News, reported that the two ambulance crew members and the driver of the rogue vehicle were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
In response to the incident, a significant stretch of I-10 eastbound was cordoned off from Miracle Mile to Grant Road, with Tucson police and DPS promptly arriving on the scene to commence their investigation into this dire misadventure. At the time of reporting, the authorities have not disclosed further details about the identities of those involved or the circumstances leading up to the event.
Witnesses and those possessing additional intel, including photographs or video footage of the harrowing event, have been urged to reach out and provide this critical information. As ABC15 continues to gather and confirm more details on this developing story, the community is left to grapple with the chaos sown by one motorist's perilous antics and the endangerment of those sworn to protect and serve the public's health.
