Honolulu ambulance crew involved in head-on collision during response

A driver reportedly crossed a double-solid line while attempting to pass another vehicle and crashed into the ambulance, leaving a paramedic with minor injuries

May 14, 2025 10:54 AM

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser

HONOLULU 鈥� A city ambulance responding to a 911 call this morning was hit head-on by another vehicle on Waialua Beach Road on Oahu鈥檚 North Shore, according to Honolulu Emergency Medical Services.

EMS officials said just before 9 a.m., the ambulance was headed to the call, with lights and sirens on, when it was struck head-on by a sedan.

The car driver, an 83-year-old man, allegedly attempted to pass another vehicle and crossed a double-solid line before crashing into the ambulance, EMS officials said.

Paramedics treated the man who declined transport to the hospital. A 50-year-old paramedic in the ambulance sustained minor injuries and also declined transport, EMS said.

A second EMS unit was dispatched to handle the original emergency call.

The damaged EMS vehicle is now out of service and will be replaced by.

鈥淗onolulu EMS urges drivers to yield to emergency vehicles using lights and sirens, 鈥� EMS officials said in a statement.

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