NEW INFO: Ambulance rolls over en route to fiery crash in Jones County
No one was injured when an ambulance overturned while on its way to a fiery crash in one Eastern Carolina county this morning.
The initial crash was reported around 9:15 a.m. on Island Creek Road outside of Pollocksville.
A Jones County EMS ambulance flipped over on its side while it was responding to the call. The Highway Patrol says speed was a factor when the emergency vehicle came around a curve, crossed the center line and then flipped over.
No one in the ambulance was hurt.
The ambulance and other emergency crews were responded to a crash where an SUV ran off the road, struck a tree and burst into flames.
Troopers say a passerby pulled 28-year-old Bradley Ipock, of New Bern, out of the burning vehicle, probably saving the man's life.
The Highway Patrol says they believe Ipock fell asleep at the wheel, crossed the center line and hit a tree on the other side of the road.
He was not burned, and troopers say Ipock was airlifted to Vidant Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
