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One Dead, Several Injured After Fire Truck & Ambulance Crash Responding To Emergencies

A fire truck hit a pole after crashing into an ambulance during an emergency. (Photo: Hillel Lichtenstein)BEDFORD STUYVESANT – One person is dead and several are injured after an ambulance and a fire truck crashed into each other while responding to emergencies early this morning. At around 12:45 a.

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New Ambulance Service To Provide Chinese Language Health Care And Jobs To Brooklynites

(Photo by Heather Chin / Sunset Park Voice)By Heather Chin Brooklyn’s Chinese American community now has its own ambulance company — the first on the East Coast — to address a growing need for paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who speak Chinese dialects such as Mandarin, Cantonese, and Toisanese. Launched

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Video: In Bensonhurst, An Increasing Demand For Bilingual Ambulance Workers

Screenshot of video by Kimberly Conner & Ashley LewisBy Kimberly Conner In medical emergencies, every second counts. Michael Marquez, corporate president of Bensonhurst Volunteer Ambulance Service (8310 17th Avenue), says that language barriers are common obstacles facing emergency medical workers serving the local community. Earlier this month, we reported on

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Breaking: Dog Attacks Elderly Man In Gravesend

Source: Tim Werkel via Wikimedia CommonsAn 86-year-old man is being treated after being attacked by a dog. It happened early this afternoon. Police and EMT rushed to the scene of Avenue P and West 10th Street to help the victim. This is a breaking news story and may contain inaccuracies.