Last month, an ambulance collided with the median strip on a national highway in Akishima City, Tokyo, and overturned, causing minor injuries to three emergency workers, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the cause. In Tokyo, the number of emergency transports has increased due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and the members have been on site for about 17 hours in a row.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, on the 29th of last month, an ambulance that had finished transporting a patient collided with the median strip and overturned on a national highway in Haijima-cho, Akishima City, and three emergency workers were slightly injured.
The drive recorder in the car showed that the members in the driver’s seat and the passenger seat fell asleep, and the members in the back seat were also asleep. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating whether drowsy driving was the cause of the accident.
In Tokyo, the number of ambulance transports is increasing due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and according to the Tokyo Fire Department, the dispatch rate of ambulances on the day of the accident exceeded 95% at one point, and the members of the team said that the accident occurred. It means that I was on site for about 17 hours in a row until I woke up.
