APOPKA, Fla. – Four people were injured Wednesday morning when an ambulance and pickup truck collided in Orange County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The crash happened around 6 a.m. on Orange Blossom Trail at State Road 414 near Apopka.
The FHP said the Apopka Fire Department ambulance was heading south on OBT with its emergency lights and sirens activated and traveled into the intersection at S.R. 414.
A 2015 Ford F-250 was traveling west on S.R. 414 approaching OBT and entered the intersection on a green traffic light, according to troopers, who said the front of the ambulance struck the right side of the pickup, which overturned and struck a 2024 Toyota RAV4.
The ambulance driver, a 26-year-old man, his passenger, a 25-year-old man, and a patient, a 78-year-old Apopka woman, were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The Ford F-250 driver, a 52-year-old Kissimmee man, was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
The driver of the RAV4, a 57-year-old Apopka woman, was not injured and remained at the scene.
The eastbound lanes of Apopka Boulevard were closed in the area but later reopened.
The crash remains under investigation.