Police: Driver of ambulance fell asleep — partner partially ejected and killed in crash
Indiana State Police report that an ambulance transferring a mother and child between hospitals this (Monday) morning crashed in Miami County killing one EMT. Police say it appears the driver of the ambulance fell asleep and hit another vehicle. Thirty-two-year-old Mousa Chaban was in the patient compartment and died after being partially ejected from the ambulance. The ambulance had rolled on to its side.
Police say the driver of the ambulance, Christine Wesner, drove through a red light and hit a Dodge Dart. Wesner was not injured. The driver of the Dodge had non-life threatening injuries. Police report the mother and child weren’t hurt, but the woman’s husband in the emotional post Facebook post below, says his wife suffered broken bones.
According to WANE-TV, “Wesner and Chaban were working for Tri-County Ambulance Service based in Wakarusa, Indiana.”
An EMT in Miami County passed away early Monday morning while helping to transport a patient after police say the ambulance driver fell asleep and crashed into another car.
According to Indiana State Police, Christine Wesner, 26, was driving an ambulance southbound on U.S. 31 while transporting a 5-month-old from a South Bend hospital to a hospital in Indianapolis around 3:45 a.m.
She failed to stop at a red light at State Road 218, and the ambulance crashed into a 2013 Dodge Dart on the driver’s side. The Dodge had the right away and was in the intersection on eastbound State Road 218 attempting to turn northbound at the time. Police say Wesner fell asleep behind the wheel.
The preliminary crash investigation by Trooper Matthew Moon says the driver of the ambulance, 26-year-old Christine Wesner, fell asleep at the wheel just prior to the accident.
Wesner was not injured, but also inside the ambulance at the time of the accident were a five-month-old, the child’s mother and 32-year-old Mousa Chaban, an emergency medical technician. Mousa, who was partially ejected from the ambulance, did die as a result of his injuries. The child and the mother were both unharmed.
The driver of the Dart, 30-year-old Joseph Farrar, suffered a broken collarbone. He was transported to the hospital. A passenger in the Dart, Jesse Wilkins, 20, was also injured, transported to the hospital for a non-life threatening head injury.
