{"id":139116,"date":"2026-03-15T19:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/139116\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T19:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:01:09","slug":"infant-killed-when-ambulance-runs-red-light-in-dui-philadelphia-crash-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/139116\/","title":{"rendered":"Infant Killed When Ambulance Runs Red Light In DUI Philadelphia Crash: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"A file photo of an ambulance\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"699\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/b416af19d39b02982451b97f82e572c2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A file photo of an ambulance \u2014 Unsplash\/Erik McLean<\/p>\n<p>A crash involving a privately operated ambulance killed an infant and critically injured her mother in Philadelphia early Sunday morning, March 15, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The collision happened around 5:15 a.m. at the intersection of Torresdale Avenue and Harbison Avenue, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say a white 2014 Mercedes-Benz ambulance was traveling southbound on the 5200 block of Torresdale Avenue at a high rate of speed and ran a steady red traffic signal without lights or sirens activated.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, a red 2010 Honda Accord traveling eastbound on Harbison Avenue with a green light entered the intersection and was struck on the driver\u2019s side front door by the ambulance, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The force of the crash ejected an adult passenger and an infant through the ambulance\u2019s front windshield, leaving both in the roadway, investigators detailed.<\/p>\n<p>Police had initially been responding to a call for an unresponsive infant at a home on the 6600 block of Ditman Street. Before officers arrived, family members left the residence in a private ambulance in an attempt to rush the child to the hospital, authorities explained.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Fire Department medics transported the infant and her mother to Albert Einstein Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>The infant, identified as Marian Harris, was pronounced dead at 6:17 a.m., police said.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother suffered severe head trauma and remained in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Honda Accord, a 25-year-old man, refused medical treatment at the scene, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Officers transported the ambulance operator, a 51-year-old man, to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital. He is expected to face charges including DUI and related offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation by the Philadelphia Police Department\u2019s Crash Investigation Division.<\/p>\n<p>Marian Harris\u2019s loved ones are invited to share details with Daily Voice by emailing mailto:jpikora@dailyvoice.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A file photo of an ambulance \u2014 Unsplash\/Erik McLean A crash involving a privately operated ambulance killed an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[63837,63836,69,71,70,595,12062],"class_list":["post-139116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-harbison-avenue","tag-marian-harris","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philadelphia-police-department","tag-private-ambulance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}