In Bolshoy Kamen, a passenger car crashed into an ambulance and burned

Collision and fire in Bolshoy Kamen

In Primorye, in the city of Bolshoy Kamen, an accident occurred involving a passenger car and an ambulance. After the impact, the car caught fire. The incident was reported by the Telegram channel Svodka25, and a story about it was published by Gazeta.Ru. 'A severe crash with a vehicle fire has just happened in Bolshoy Kamen — the car burst into flames after colliding with an ambulance,' the channel's message reads in the publication.

What can be seen in footage from the scene

Footage from the accident scene shows that the passenger car rammed the left side of the ambulance. The fire broke out in the car's engine compartment. Another recording captured firefighters dousing the burning vehicle. Before they arrived, the flames had spread to the interior, which was completely burned out. No information about injuries was given in the reports.

Context of other ambulance accidents

This is not the only recent incident of its kind in the region and the country: earlier in Primorye, in a traffic accident, a train threw a car onto a traffic light, and even earlier, in the Omsk Region, in a severe accident involving an ambulance, four people were injured. The cause of the collision in Bolshoy Kamen and its consequences for the ambulance crew have not yet been reported in the published messages.