A Maryland EMT seriously injured in an ambulance crash earlier this week has been released from the hospital.
EMT Jay Stanton, a volunteer at Elkridge Vol. Fire Department, who suffered extensive leg injuries, was released from R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center on Friday.
He still has a long road to recovery, friends said.
On Monday night, Stanton was driving the ambulance responding to a mutual aid call when it crested a hill on U.S. 1. There was a tractor trailer blocking all three lanes as it had been involved in an earlier collision.
The ambulance hit the back of a Hyundai Sonata, then hit the side of the trailer, police reported.
Stanton was pinned in the wreckage of the ambulance for more than an hour. Two others in the ambulance were released after treatment at a local hospital.
Several civilians including a child were hurt as well.
