Ambulance patient’s death investigated in Wausau

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Wausau police are investigating whether a patient pronounced dead after being transported in an ambulance involved in a traffic crash died of injuries sustained in the accident or from the condition that required his emergency care.

Authorities say the ambulance, while operating in emergency mode, collided with a vehicle at a Wausau intersection about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The ambulance from the Riverside Fire District was transporting a 72-year-old man to Aspirus Wausau Hospital when the crash occurred.

An unknown number of others in the vehicle and the ambulance were injured. Their conditions have not been released.