Drink-driving charge for ambulance crash HGV driver
Hampshire and Isle of Wight ConstabularyA lorry driver has been charged with drink-driving after crashing into an ambulance, police have said.
The HGV hit the emergency vehicle as its crew were with police treating a pedestrian who had been struck by a car in Southampton after an earlier incident on Thursday evening.
A paramedic in a rapid response vehicle had to be sent along with a second ambulance to take the pedestrian, a woman in her 60s, to hospital.
Police said the lorry driver, a 48-year-old man from Salisbury, had been bailed to appear before Southampton Magistrates' Court on 3 February.
The ambulance service said the pedestrian suffered serious arm and shoulder injuries after being hit on the junction with High Road and Parkville Road at about 17:45 GMT.
No-one was injured in the HGV crash.
The damaged ambulance had to be taken off the road. Its crew swapped to another to finish their shift.
You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X, or Instagram.