Ambulance crash injures paramedic and patient

STREET. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. — A crash involving a car and an ambulance seriously injured a paramedic and left a patient and a driver in minor pain, the St. Lucie County Fire District said.

The crash occurred Thursday night at US 1 and Veterans Memorial Parkway in Port St. Lucie.

The St. Lucie County Fire District said two paramedics and a patient were driving south on US 1 toward a hospital when the accident occurred.

The car involved in the crash was heading east on Veterans Memorial Parkway.

A paramedic was seriously injured, the patient and the driver of the other car suffered minor aches and pains, the St. Lucie County Fire District said.