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Saturday, June 01, 2013
Patient Dies Because EPA Regulated Emissions Control Shut The Engine Off
The D.C. fire department is trying to determine why one of its newer
diesel ambulances broke down as crews were transporting a patient in
cardiac arrest. It happened on I-295 Wednesday afternoon as Ambulance 19 was taking a
shooting victim to the hospital. Then it took several minutes for a
second ambulance to arrive. The driver of Ambulance 19 is telling investigators the indicator
lights on the emission control system suddenly and unexpectedly jumped
from a warning to shut down in a matter of seconds, and as the engine
died, she was able to pull the rig to the side of the road. The question now is why? And can these newer rigs be trusted to be there in an emergency? When the D.C. fire department began buying these diesel engine
ambulances a few years ago, officials knew they would have to manage
them with a new emission control system that would automatically shut
the engine down if it wasn’t allowed to what’s called “regenerate.” It was a mandate from the Environmental Protection Agency...more
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