The first crash happened at 223rd Street and Normandie Avenue around 6:43 p.m. Saturday when a woman T-boned a Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance, fire officials say. The EMS crew was responding to an emergency call at the time of the collision.
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Firefighters used heavy equipment to pry their way into the driver's mangled sedan, extricating the woman from the vehicle. She was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.
Multiple paramedic firefighters were injured in the crash and transported to a hospital in unknown condition, according to LAFD paramedic James Brown.
Just after 1 a.m. Sunday, a different driver slammed into the front side of a Los Angeles police patrol car that was parked in front of the accident scene.
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An officer was inside the patrol car when the crash occurred. The officer was taken to an area hospital in stable condition.
The driver, suspected of DUI, was taken into custody.
A child's car seat was in the back of the DUI driver's vehicle but was unoccupied.