Pittman said he was a half-mile ahead of the ambulance as both were heading toward the school with emergency lights flashing. He said the driver of the Saturn, a 16- to 18-year-old male, pulled over on the eastbound right shoulder as Pittman drove past.

Pittman said the driver of the SUV did not see the ambulance behind his vehicle and made a left turn into TC's Garage, located on westbound Brooklyn Road across from where he pulled over.

Pittman said as the SUV turned, the ambulance struck it on the driver-side door. The SUV ended up 30 yards from the road in tall grass. The ambulance was off the road in front of TC's Garage. Both vehicles were heavily damaged.

 drones have turned out to be incredible tools for disaster response and search and rescue teams. To date, robots have been used in 43 major disasters worldwide, according to data provided by the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR), and most of those bots are drones. It seems like a no-brainer. Unmanned systems can provide valuable reconnaissance and infiltrate dangerous or unfamiliar environments to speed up response times during floods or fires, scenarios where each passing minute has consequences for survivability. The technology already exists, and much of it is now available off-the-shelf.

The Phantom 4, for example, has an integrated camera and long flying range, which could make it a suitable search drone. Training would be minimal (the newest drones literally fly themselves in most cases), so integration into current emergency response crews would be simple.