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Infant Dies After DUI Crash Involving Ambulance in Philadelphia's Frankford Neighborhood, Police Say
The ambulance driver is charged with DUI after running a red light without emergency signals, causing a fatal crash that killed infant Marian Harris, police said.
- On Sunday, an infant died after a privately operated ambulance overturned at the intersection of Torresdale and Harbison avenues in Philadelphia's Frankford section around 5:15 a.m.
- Family members placed the unresponsive infant and her mother into a private ambulance before police arrived, and police say the ambulance sped southbound, ran a red light without lights or sirens.
- Police say the ambulance struck a 2010 Honda Accord on Harbison Avenue, ejecting the mother and Marian Harris through the windshield, with the infant pronounced dead at a hospital.
- The 51-year-old ambulance driver was arrested at the scene, and authorities say he will face DUI and related charges, but the DA's office said no charges have been submitted yet.
- Records show the ambulance is operated by Ambulance Express, Inc., doing business as Medstar EMS, and the Philadelphia police say the incident remains under investigation.
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An infant was killed and her mother critically injured Sunday after a private ambulance crash in Frankford, police said
An infant was killed when a private ambulance sped through a red light and crashed Sunday in Frankford, police said. The driver of the ambulance will face DUI and other charges.
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Ambulance driver charged with DUI after infant dies in Northeast Philadelphia crash
An ambulance driver is facing DUI charges in the death of a 1-month-old girl following a crash in Frankford on Sunday morning. Philadelphia police said the crash happened around 5:15 a.m. at the intersection of Torresdale and Harbison avenues.
·Philadelphia, United States
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