Ambulance damaged in Ontario crash
Medical vehicle was carrying Payette boy

By Katie Pizza
Argus Observer
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 10:52 AM PST

Ontario — The Ontario Police Department cited an Ontario woman after she hit an ambulance containing a mother and son Friday evening.

Courtney Knight, 18, was driving a 1998 Honda Passport when police say she ran a stop sign at the intersection of West Idaho Avenue and Southwest Fourth Street. Knight then hit a 1995 Treasure Valley Paramedic Ford ambulance, which had its lights flashing and was on the way to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. The ambulance was carrying a 12-year-old Payette boy and his 41-year-old mother, also from Payette. The two did not receive any additional injuries in the crash. However, the emergency medical technician administering aid to the two was injured.

“He was not secured,” OPD Capt. Mark Alexander said of the injured EMT.

However, Alexander said the EMT was able to continue to administer aid at the scene. TVP President Steve Patterson said both the driver and the injured EMT were admitted to Holy Rosary Medical Center and released.

Alexander said two ambulances arrived on the scene, one of which continued transport of the mother and son to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center.

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The other ambulance transported Knight and her occupant to Holy Rosary Medical Center. Patterson said the two ambulances were brought to the scene in three minutes.

It was a quick response, he said, because “a whole bunch” of the EMTs were already in the Treasure Valley Paramedics building at the time celebrating the company’s Christmas potluck.

The ambulance involved in the crash was towed from the scene.

“It’s totaled out,” Patterson said. “I don’t think we’ll ever be able to fix it.”

Patterson said a great deal of damage was done to the rear axle, but he did not have an estimate on repair cost.

The Ontario Police Department responded to another motor vehicle crash at around noon Saturday.

Carlene Adams, 51, was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants, cited for having an open container of alcohol and careless driving, after she drove a 1991 Jeep into the back of a 1994 Ford Taurus near the intersection of East Idaho Avenue and East Lane.

Alexander said there were no injuries and neither vehicle was towed from the scene.

Adams was released to a responsible party.

OPD also investigated a stolen vehicle and ended up arresting an Ontario man for driving under the influence of intoxicants at around midnight Sunday.

Corey Holloway, 32, was driving a 2006 Dodge Charger in the 900 block of Northwest Fourth Avenue when he was pulled over on suspicion of stealing the vehicle. However, as an officer spoke to Holloway, it was revealed he was married to the reporting party, which meant the vehicle was not stolen. However, Holloway was discovered to be driving under the influence of intoxicants and driving without a license.

 He was arrested and released to a responsible party.