Ambulance thief busted quickly because of Detroit’s new technology
The suspect didn’t get far because dispatchers knew exactly where he was going.
Detroit ambulance stolen, tracked down as police search for suspects
Police were able to track the EMS rig as it fled.
2 people severely burned after victim set afire in Detroit
The first ambulance took at least 12 minutes to arrive.
Motor City Muckraker appeals Detroit’s outrageous costs for public records
The city of Detroit is demanding we pay up to $42,000 to access just three months of EMS records.
City of Detroit demands up to $42,000 to produce public EMS records
Our request for three months of records, the city maintained, would disable emergency communications and take more than a year to fulfill.
Detroit violates law by failing to turn over records on ambulance runs
Detroit medics are taking too long to respond to emergencies, and people are dying.
Bed bugs found in Detroit ambulance
Bed buds were reported on DDOT buses a few weeks ago. In Warren, a library was closed after an infestation. And now the blood-sucking insects were found on a Detroit ambulance.
Scrapper seriously injured after he’s crushed beneath porch in Detroit
His leg was jutting in the wrong direction, and his neck and back may have been broken.
Sleeping Michigan man survives being dumped into garbage truck
As the 46-year-old man awoke from his slumber, he was about to be crushed by the garbage truck’s compactor.
Man Who Spent 16 Years Falsely Imprisoned Dies Waiting 45 Minutes for EMS
Dwight Love suffered from a pulmonary condition that he contracted while behind bars.