Brookville, KS — Just outside of Brookville this past Tuesday, December 1, there was an accident along Highway 140 that left three people injured. Among them were Jeremiah Brown, 34, who was driving an ambulance, Kathryn Whitmer, 57, a passenger in the ambulance, and Ricky Soukup, 49, a paramedic in the ambulance.
The accident happened when Brown’s ambulance tried to pass a pickup truck on Highway 140, but crashed into the side of it as it started to make a left-hand turn.
Apparently, the ambulance (driven by Brown) was headed east along Highway 140 last Tuesday morning at about 8:45 a.m., driving behind 52-year-old Donald Goddard’s Ford pickup truck.
As Brown tried to pass Goddard’s truck on the left, Goddard started to make a left-hand turn from Highway 140 into a nearby field. The two vehicles collided with each other, pinning Jeremiah Brown inside the cab of the ambulance.
Kathryn Whitmer, a passenger (and possible patient) inside the ambulance was taken to a hospital along with Jeremiah Brown and Ricky Soukup.
Donald Goddard wasn’t harmed.
Update: It appears that Kathryn Goddard’s injuries were not serious, and in fact, one source reported that she didn’t have any at all.
