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.
Emergency workers who needed to take an obese teenager from her home to a hospital in Wales had to break through a wall of the residence to get her out and into an ambulance, officials said Friday.
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.