WASHINGTON — A U.S. Secret Service officer waited 14 minutes for an ambulance Monday after being hit by a car.
The U.S. Secret Service officer who was hit by a car as he rode a motorcycle near the White House, officials say.
The officer needed an advance life support ambulance unit, but the closest available unit was four miles away, according to the D.C. fire department.
The first emergency call regarding the crash at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW came in about 1:25 p.m., records show. The ambulance arrived at 1:40 p.m., and the injured officer was taken to a hospital via helicopter at 1:51 p.m.
A D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman said all 16 advance life support units were operational Monday when the call regarding the officer came in, but the closest available unit was in Upper Northwest D.C., on Georgia Avenue NW.
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