On March 15, 2026, at approximately 5:15 a.m., a two-vehicle crash occurred on the 5200 block of Torresdale Avenue, resulting in the death of an infant and serious injuries to an adult passenger.
Preliminary investigation determined that Unit #1, a privately operated ambulance, was traveling southbound on Torresdale Avenue at a high rate of speed and was not operating in emergency status, with no lights or sirens activated. The vehicle proceeded through a steady red traffic signal at the intersection with Harbison Avenue. At the same time, Unit #2, a 2010 Honda Accord traveling eastbound on Harbison Avenue with a steady green signal, entered the intersection and was struck on the driver’s side front door by Unit #1. The force of the crash ejected both the adult passenger, identified as the infant’s mother, and the infant through the front windshield of Unit #1. Both were found on the roadway.
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