Ambulance Carrying Patient Hit By Wrong-Way Driver On WB I-64 Near Kingshighway Overnight, Source Says

St. Louis MO

01 February, 2021

9:26 AM

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CBS St. Louis February 01, 2021 An ambulance carrying a patient was hit by a wrong-way driver on westbound Interstate 64 near Kingshighway early Sunday morning, a source told News 4. The accident happened around 4 a.m. very close to the Science Center. The driver hit an in-service ambulance that had a patient in the back. A paramedic on the ambulance was injured. A source told News 4 the wrong-way driver was also injured and taken to a hospital. Officers diverted westbound traffic off the highway onto Boyle. Accident reconstruction crews and numerous emergency vehicles were on the scene. All lanes reopened just after 6 a.m.