A second accident involving an emergency vehicle in as many days took the life of an ambulance driver in King and Queen County.
According to Virginia State Police, Jacob Bozeman, 20, was driving a private ambulance on Route 360 at 6:50 a.m. on Thursday when the vehicle struck a 2000 Peterbilt dump truck that was entering the road from a median.
The ambulance struck the driver side rear corner panel of the dump truck, which VSP was sitting approximately 40 inches into the road of travel from the median.
The force of the contact sent the ambulance on its side into the median.
Bozeman, who was wearing a seatbelt, according to the report from the State Police, died from his injuries at the scene.
A front-seat passenger, a 34-year-old man from Newport News, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital.
The ambulance was not on an emergency call and did not have any patients on board.
The dump-truck driver, a 67-year-old man from St. Stephens Church, was transported to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Charges are pending.
On Wednesday, a Henrico County man was killed his truck was struck by an emergency vehicle in Fluvanna County.
Luis J. Sanchez, 61, died at the scene, according to Virginia State Police. A passenger in the vehicle, Marco H. Guerrero, 42, suffered serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital.
A Waynesboro woman, Virginia R. Davis, 21, who was at the wheel of the emergency vehicle, suffered serious injuries. A passenger, Hunter C. Aimes, 32, suffered minor injuries. Both were transported to area hospitals due to injuries sustained in the crash.
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