A patient is put into an ambulance at the VA Outpatient Clinic in Viera. / Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY The clinic, built in 1999, has expanded to more than 135,000 square feet with 335 employees. That includes 60 physicians, four dentists and five psychiatrists.

The ambulance that collided with a pickup truck in the intersection of Campbell and Florida avenues did not have its emergency lights and siren on, police said.

Vital medications needed to save lives in the back of an ambulance are in short supply. A nationwide drug shortage is impacting paramedics in Southwest Florida.