Updated: 7:46 AM EDT Jul 16, 2021
Two Hendersonville first responders have been released from the hospital weeks after the ambulance they were working in was involved in a head-on collision.Officials with the Henderson County Rescue Squad said Thursday that Lindsey Burgess was released from Mission Hospital Thursday and Savannah Selby was released Sunday after the crash on June 30."They both have a long road of rehab ahead of them," Rhonda Chislaghi, with the Rescue Squad, said.She said Burgess had the latest in a series of foot surgeries on Monday.They also sustained facial trauma and lower leg injuries that have required them to undergo extensive surgeries, Chislaghi said in a release on July 1. "Both are working with physical and occupational therapy at Mission Hospital and seem to be in good spirits and working hard to get better," she said.While bringing a patient back to an unnamed facility, their ambulance was struck head-on by another vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed, officials said. The driver of the vehicle that struck them died. The patient they were transporting was taken to a local hospital and treated and released. A GoFundMe page was set up by the Rescue Squad to help with the women's expenses.As of Thursday, it had raised $4,750 of its $10,00 goal.In a statement on the page, the Rescue Squad said:"These women are just getting started in their Emergency Services careers. Lindsey has worked part time with us since 2019 as an Advanced EMT. She was just hired part time at Henderson County EMS and is scheduled to start college locally where she will be working towards a bachelor’s degree to become a Physician’s Assistant (PA). Savannah has worked with us part time since 2020 as an EMT. She has completed her Firefighter Certification and works part time with Blue Ridge Fire & Rescue. She was scheduled to complete the Asheville Fire Department CPAT (Candidate Physical Ability Test) in hopes of becoming a full-time firefighter with them. Hopefully all these things will just be put on hold for a little while until they have recovered fully from their injuries."