On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, a Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance carrying a patient in serious condition collided with another vehicle in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. The crash happened at approximately 1:57 p.m. at the intersection of Boyle Avenue and 4th Street, in the 300 block of South Boyle Avenue. Three LAFD personnel and a civilian in the other vehicle suffered injuries described as minor, while the original patient remained in serious condition as the ambulance continued toward a hospital. The intersection was blocked off as additional fire crews and police responded to the scene.
According to KTLA, the Fire Department reported five total patients at the scene: the patient who was already being transported, the three LAFD crew members, and the occupant of the other vehicle, a red four-door sedan that sustained significant front-end damage. ABC7 Los Angeles similarly reported that the ambulance was escorting a critically ill patient when the collision occurred. Neither outlet reported the cause of the crash, and authorities had not publicly identified the driver of the other vehicle as of this report. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating.
