ONE of the “state of the art” ambulances handed to the Public Hospitals Authority last month was yesterday morning involved in a crash at the junction of Blue Hill Road and Soldier Road in southern New Providence.

The National Insurance Board had given the PHA two 2014 Ford f-350 ambulances valued at $300,000 in early December to improve its capacity to respond to medical emergencies.

Yesterday, the ambulance was involved in a collision with a Honda, and three people, including the ambulance driver, reportedly suffered minor injuries. The ambulance ended up mounted on a guardrail on the central reservation.

The new ambulances are equipped with automatic transmissions and are customised with features that will improve “performance, reliability, patient and staff safety as well as improved visibility and audibility”, according to Health Minister Dr Perry Gomez at the handover ceremony.

The vehicles are also equipped with global positioning systems (GPS), high sulphur grade diesel engines, LED lighting, hydraulic lifts to allow the cabin to be raised and lowered, and a modular cabin “for ease through the narrow streets of New Providence”.

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