The driver of an ambulance transporting an inmate was issued a ticket after a three vehicle crash in St. Joseph leaves two injured.
St. Joseph Police Department Officer Brendan McGinnis said the crash took place just after midnight Friday. An ambulance from the Osage Beach ambulance district was northbound on Riverside carrying an inmate. The ambulance was also being followed by a corrections van. McGinnis said an older model jeep was southbound on Riverside in-between Messanie and Faraon streets when the ambulance crossed over into the southbound lanes and hit the jeep causing the jeep to spin out and hit the corrections vehicle.
McGinnis said the ambulance driver said he thought that Riverside was two lanes northbound.
The driver of the Jeep, a 35-year-old St. Joseph man and the driver of the corrections van, a 45-year-old man from Easton, Mo. both sustained minor injuries.
The ambulance Driver, a 25-year-old Linn, Mo. man was ticketed for failure to drive on the right side of the roadway causing a crash.
The inmate was not reported to have sustained any injuries from the crash.