Dallas

Pickup Truck Runs Red Light, Colliding with Dallas Fire Ambulance

The driver of the pickup later died at the hospital

One person is dead and two medics were sent to the hospital after a wreck Sunday morning.

According to Dallas Fire, at 3:15 a.m. Sunday, a Dodge Ram pickup truck was traveling southbound on N. Westmoreland Street at a high rate of speed and ran a red light, hitting the right passenger side of a Dallas Fire Rescue ambulance that was traveling westbound on W. Davis Street. 

Both vehicles had heavy damage on the front end. Both paramedics who were inside the ambulance and the driver of the pickup were transported to local hospitals.

The driver of the pickup, identified as Luis Camrera, 28, later died from his injuries. One of the paramedics was released from the hospital Sunday afternoon, while the second was improving but will remain hospitalized as of 6:45 p.m. Sunday.

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