Driver with a flat tire on I-84 dies when a Tri-Cities area ambulance hits her car

A woman is dead after her disabled car was hit along the side of Interstate 84 in Oregon by an ambulance driven by a Benton City, Wash., woman, according to Oregon State Police.

Amanda Hancock, 42, was driving an AMR ambulance carrying a Pendleton, Ore., patient and a passenger from Pasco, Wash., about eight miles west of Hood River, Ore., at 12:45 a.m. Thursday, according to state police.

The ambulance left its westbound lane and hit a Chevrolet Camaro that had been driven by Geraldean Edna Martin, 55, of Portland, according to the state police.

The Camaro was stopped on the side of the road with a flat tire, and Martin was outside of her car.

Martin died before she could be taken to a hospital, according to state police.

Jonathan David Farmer, 23, of Pendleton, the patient in the ambulance; Amy Ann Young, 28, of Pasco, a passenger in the ambulance; and Hancock were not hurt in the crash.

State police are still investigating what happened.

This story was originally published July 21, 2024 at 10:01 AM.