4 medical workers hurt as ambulance, rig crash
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Four emergency medical workers were injured Monday night when their ambulance collided with a tractor- trailer on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, Erie County sheriff’s officials reported.
All four workers were taken to Lake Shore Community Hospital, Irving, with injuries that authorities described as not life-threatening.
The accident occurred a few minutes before 9 p. m., when the Farnham ambulance was southbound on Route 438 with its emergency lights activated. As the ambulance driver tried to make a U-turn at Versailles Plank Road, the vehicle made contact with the tractor-trailer, which also was southbound, according to police reports.
The Farnham emergency medical workers were identified as George Cordia, 62; Scott Cordia, 30; James Militello, 67; and Eric Russell, 23.
Published: September 23, 2009, 12:30 am