Thursday, 19 April 2012 05:31

UPDATE One Killed After Ambulance Collides With SUV Featured

Written by  Amani Abraham
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A crash between an SUV and an ambulance killed one person near Akron General Hospital early Thursday morning.

Akron police said the SUV collided with an American Medical Response ambulance near the intersection of Wabash Avenue and Cedar Street around 3:30 a.m..

The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office reports the passenger inside the SUV, Collins D. Green, 57, of Akron, was taken to Akron General Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead around 3:45 a.m.

Police said Green was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash.

The driver and two other occupants in the SUV suffered minor injuries.  The driver and passengers in the ambulance were not injured.

Police said some traffic lights were out due to a power outage and it could have lead to the collision  

Authorities are still investigating the accident.


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Amani Abraham

Amani Abraham

Amani Abraham is the morning web editor and also tracks morning drive traffic for 1590 WAKR, 97.5 WONE and 94.9 WQMX during weekday mornings and is a reporter/anchor. She's no stranger to AkronNewsNow.com, having worked as an intern with Rubber City Radio Group as a producer for the Daily Vodcast and other video projects.. Amani is a 2011 graduate with a Communications degree from the University of Akron, where she excelled in her work on the student radio station WZIP-FM and Z-TV, the University's television program. You can reach Amani through the newsroom 330-864-6397 or by email aabraham@rcrg.net

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