Police say the crash happened at the intersection of Lyndon and Schaefer. According to police, all four people, including a child, are in stable condition and expected to be okay.  

Around 1 p.m., officers were called to the scene. Police say the ambulance was heading to a scene with its lights and siren on when the suspect vehicle hit the side of the ambulance.  

The witness told Action News he saw a good Samaritan open the door of the car that slammed into the ambulance to help the driver. But the driver got out of the car and ran off from the crash down an alley.

Chief Sam Phillips told the fire district’s commissioners last Tuesday that the two new advanced life support (ALS) ambulances have made getting patients to the hospital quicker than ever and that he believes this has improved patient outcomes.  

The district now has three advanced life support ambulances, after the second new ambulance was delivered Feb. 28.

The ALS ambulances take care of people with severe problems such as difficulty breathing, chest pain, stroke and cardiac arrest.

Phillips said that transport times have dropped 14.8 percent and time spent on scene has gone down 9.4 percent.