Ambulance collides with SUV in downtown Corbin, driver injured

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As the crew was rushing a patient to Baptist Regional Medical Center, a Whitley County EMS Ambulance broadsided a Nissan Pathfinder on Kentucky Ave.

The wreck occurred about 9:30 p.m. when the Pathfinder, driven by Amanda Gilreath, 27, of Corbin, pulled into the path of the ambulance at the intersection of Kentucky Ave. and Third Street.

The ambulance hit the Pathfinder in the right side. Neither Gilreath, nor the two children in the vehicle were injured. The ambulance driver, Melissa Lickliter, was taken to by another ambulance to BRMC after complaining of back pain.

A Knox County ambulance was called to the scene to transport original patient to BRMC. The ambulance suffered minor damager to the front end and was driven from the scene.

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