Wreck injures 2 Balentine Ambulance Service crew members; Bossier City police take pickup’s driver into custody at the scene on ART

BOSSIER CITY , La. (KSLA) — Two Balentine Ambulance Service crew members were hurt when their rig was involved in an accident with a pickup on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 4.

The ambulance was heading north on Arthur Ray Teague Parkway near the Shreveport-Barksdale Highway bridge when it T-boned the truck that was trying to cross the parkway to exit to Westgate, authorities say.

The impact caused the ambulance to roll. It came to rest on the driver’s side.

First responders respond to a wreck Nov. 4, 2021, involving an ambulance and a pickup on Arthur... — First responders respond to a wreck Nov. 4, 2021, involving an ambulance and a pickup on Arthur Ray Teague Parkway near the Shreveport-Barksdale Highway bridge.(KSLA)

The two crew members were the only people in the ambulance. They were taken to Ochsner LSU Health for treatment of minor injuries.

Bossier City police took the truck’s driver to the same Shreveport hospital. They said he will be charged with one count of DWI and two counts of vehicular negligent injury.

This is a developing story. Stay with KSLA News 12 for updates.

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