DUII driver hits ambulance; three injured
The teen who hit the ambulance early Saturday morning is cited in the hospital.
Two paramedics and an impaired driver were hospitalized with injuries after a serious crash early Saturday in Northeast Portland.
The impaired driver, Lacorius M. Jenkins, 18, was issued a criminal citation at the hospital for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants (DUII) and Reckless Driving.
The ambulance driver and paramedic were not identified.
According to police, at around 12:40 a.m. on March 6, East and Central Precinct officers responded to an emergency signal from an American Medical Response ambulance at East Burnside Street and Northeast Cesar Chavez Boulevard. When they arrived, the officers found the ambulance had been involved in a crash.