Wild footage captures the moment a Queensland ambulance runs a red light and crashes into a car, flipping it over.
The incident took place on Maroochydore Road at the intersection with Sunshine Highway on the Sunshine Coast, shortly after 10am on August 21.
After running the red light, the Subaru ambulance collided with a Kia, launching it into the air.
As a result of the accident, a passenger in the Kia suffered a minor neck injury and was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition, while those in the ambulance were uninjured.
While the video shows that the ambulance had its emergency lights on at the time, it is unclear if it also had its sirens on, as there is no audio.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia it is “currently investigating this incident.”
The Subaru is part of QAS’ fleet of rapid response vehicles, often reserved for quickly responding to cardiac arrest cases.
The Queensland Ambulance Service has launched an investigation into a collision between a rapid response ambulance that collided with a vehicle on the Sunshine Coast in August (pictured)
The collision sent the car flying through the air before coming to rest upside down (pictured) and resulted in a passenger having to be taken to hospital with a minor neck injury.
The footage was posted to the Dash Cam Owners Australia Facebook page, where it sparked debate over who was to blame.
Many Australians blamed the ambulance driver for the accident, arguing that they should have slowed down to ensure it was safe to cross the intersection.
“With or without lights and sirens, an ambulance cannot run a red light at full speed,” one of them explained.
“There is a great duty of care.”
“Emergency services can’t just run the lights like that, it’s crazy to see them go by at that speed at an intersection with poor visibility of the road being crossed,” a second added.
A fellow paramedic also blamed the ambulance driver, saying they are only allowed to break traffic rules “when it is safe to do so.”
“I would never go through an intersection in an emergency without slowing down and checking, even if I had a green light.”
Others sympathized with the paramedics,
“This is just a person doing their job, and some of the best people, doing very difficult things to help other people,” they said.
“And now they have to stop here and deal with this nightmare, knowing that the person they were going to probably won’t get the care they need.”
“No one here will feel worse than the ambo driver in this situation.”
Queensland road rules require drivers to yield to emergency vehicles, either by sounding an alarm or turning on emergency lights at an intersection.
“This applies even if you are facing a traffic light or green arrow and the emergency vehicle appears to have stopped or slowed down,” the Queensland government website reads.
“Emergency vehicles often stop or slow down when entering intersections to check if they can pass safely.”
