A serious two-car, head on traffic crash on Blue Star Highway and 141 Avenue in Allegan County involved an ambulance and a pickup truck Aug. 7 about 4:30 a.m., according to an Allegan County Sheriff’s Office news release.

No patients were being transported in the ambulance at the time of the crash.

A deputy and Graafschap Fire Department found the drivers of the pickup and the ambulance trapped in their vehicles and an EMT in the back of the ambulance seriously injured. The three were transported to Holland Hospital; the EMT and the pickup truck driver subsequently transferred to Spectrum Health Butterworth. A small fire in the engine area of the ambulance was quickly extinguished by passers by.

The report said the crash remains under investigation, “however it is readily apparent that the pickup truck crossed the centerline while southbound on Blue Star Highway and struck the northbound ambulance heading back to Holland. The driver of the pick up truck appeared to be under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash,”

The EMTs names were not released, and the pickup driver will not be identified pending review by the prosecutor’s office on possible charges. If charged, his name will be released after arraignment. Both drivers were restrained, the EMT in the back of the ambulance was not restrained.

The sheriff’s office was assisted at the scene by Graafschap Fire Department and AMR Ambulance.