Car, ambulance collide in Auckland

An ambulance crashed on to its side with a shattered windshield in a smash at a South Auckland intersection this morning,

Police, ambulance and firefighters were called to the crash on the corner of Wiri Station Rd and Druces Rd just after 9am.

A car and ambulance had collided at the intersection.

It was not yet known whether the ambulance had been transporting a patient at the time or if anyone was injured.

Northern fire communications operations manager Eric Smith said no one was trapped in either vehicle. However, the car involved was leaking fuel and firefighters had to apply absorbent on the road as a result.

A Herald cameraman at the scene said the ambulance was on its side and authorities were working to put it back upright.

The police serious crash unit was on the scene.

 

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