Greene County Ambulance Involved In Accident

An ambulance was involved in an accident while transporting a patient. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol…the Greene County ambulance was transporting a 66 year old stroke victim from the Limestone area to the Johnson City Medical Center last night when a truck driven by Richard Hoilman of Johnson City crossed three lanes of traffic and into the path of the ambulance…causing the emergency vehicle to leave the right side of the roadway, striking the embankment and coming to rest in a ravine. The driver of the ambulance, the paramedic and the stroke patient were all injured and had to be transported themselves to the Johnson City Medical Center. Hoilman is facing charges of failure to yield, no insurance, and driving an unregistered vehicle. THP is continuing to investigate that crash.