Houston, Texas (KTRK) – ABC13 continues to push METRO and the Houston Fire Department for information weeks after an accident involving a METRORail and HFD ambulance.
The video of the accident was released to Eyewitness News by METRO as a result of an open recording request two weeks after the accident. In the video, you can see the ambulance, which is taking a patient to the hospital, driving down Fannin Street in the same direction as the railway. The ambulance has no lights until before it turns into Dryden.
The ambulance crosses the railways three seconds after turning on its lights. Four seconds after it was lit, the ambulance was hit. ABC13 responded to the venue on the night of April 11th.
“There were some injuries. Some people were removed from the train and HFD ambulance. They were taken to local hospitals,” HPD Sgt. James said that night.
On April 12, ABC13 began asking for answers. METRO said this was an open investigation and could not answer questions yet. Eyewitness News asked the fire department for an update on paramedics and passengers injured during the crash, but they also cited an ongoing investigation from METRO and said we’ll have to wait.
Two days later, on the 14th, METRO told Eyewitness News that HPD was taking over the investigation due to the involvement of the city car, the ambulance. Then on the same day, we were told that the Metro Police were again leading the investigation into the accident.
According to metro data, 15 railway accidents occurred in February and March. Eight of the crashes involved vehicles turning illegally or running red lights, once involving lateral passing, and six involving cyclists or pedestrians.
We have requested data from HFD about the crashing numbers.
On Tuesday, Metro said the investigation is over, and no one has been cited in the incident, which left several people injured. ABC13 also called the HFD on Tuesday to ask, specifically, whether the ambulance driver was still operating ambulances. But they still cite an open investigation, and the investigation we know is closed.
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