FATAL EMS CRASH IN FLORIDA: Unborn Child Dies-Witnesses Blame EMS Driver For Running Stop Sign

     

Friday, March 1, 2013 Fort Myers (FL) cops are conducting a traffic homicide investigation due to the death of an unborn baby. Just before 1700 yesterday, the police responded to a crash involving an ambulance and an SUV at the intersection of Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard and Canal Street. Witnesses say the driver of the ambulance ran a stop sign at the intersection and the two collided.

26-year-old Kristina Childs was driving the SUV. She had a 3-year-old, a 5-year-old and a 17-year-old in the car with her. Two paramedics in the ambulance were transporting a patient to Gulf Coast Hospital, but witnesses say the emergency equipment was not activated. All four people in the SUV were transported to Lee Memorial Hospital. The paramedic driving the ambulance and the patient being transported were also taken to the hospital. All had serious injuries.