Five people in a government ambulance, including a pregnant woman, were injured when it was hit by a Philippine National Railways train near the PNR Blumentritt station in Manila on Friday afternoon.

Witnesses and responders said the ambulance, which belonged to Barangay 167, Caloocan City, got trapped in the train’s path after being slowed down by tricycles due to heavy traffic on the northbound lane of Rizal Avenue in Barangay 365, Sta. Cruz.

R.B. Lawrence, owner of R.B. Lawrence Ambulance in Canton, told the Watertown Daily Times they were his employees.

"We are such a small company that they are all family," Lawrence told the newspaper. "They are just great people. I am not sure how we replace them or how we go on, but we are still in shock on this and still trying to figure out all that happened."

The Glen Carbon Fire Protection District has added another ambulance to its fleet.

This brings the number of ambulances to four.

GCFPD EMS Director Eric Wilson said this is the 10th anniversary of EMS response service to the community.

“We started with two ambulances and one 24/7 crew,” Wilson said. “We now have four ambulances and two 24/7 crews with a third crew available during daytime hours, Monday through Friday.”

GCFPD Trustee Christopher Otto said the additional ambulance is a vital addition to the village.

“We have three crews and four ambulances,” Otto said. “If one of the ambulances is down for repairs we will still be able to provide full service to the community.”

The fire engine was retired from active service in 1954 but kept on as a reserve engine.  It's last know use as a pumper was during the Huntsville flood of March 1973 when it was used to pump water out of the Huntsville Utilities building for two days. 

In 1999 the fire engine took part in it's first modern day Huntsville parade.  It has since been restored and continues to take part in Huntsville's parades and today demonstrated that it still has what it takes to be a pumper engine.