Mar 15, 2026
A one-month-old infant was killed and the child’s mother was hospitalized in a crash involving an ambulance driven by a man who has been arrested on suspicion of DUI, that officials said, happened in Philly’s Frankford section on Sunday morning. According to police, the incident happened at a bout 5:15 a.m., after an ambulance and another vehicle crashed at the intersection of Torresdale and Harbison avenues. According to police, the incident happened when a private ambulance, carrying the victims, was headed southbound on Torresdale Avenue, traveling at a high rate of speed, but not operating with lights or sirens activated. At that time, officials said, the ambulance, operated by Medstar EMS, proceeded through a steady red light at the intersection with Harbison Avenue, striking a 2010 Honda Accord that was traveling through the green light along Harbison Avenue. The force of the crash ejected both a one-month old infant and a passenger — identified as the child’s mother — through the windshield of the ambulance, officials said. Both the mother and child were taken to a nearby hospital where, officials said, the child — identified by police as one-month-old Marian Harris — was pronounced at 6:17 a.m. The child’s mother suffered severe head injuries and she has been listed in critical condition, officials said. In a statement, police said, the driver of the private ambulance, a 51-year-old man, was arrested at the scene and he is expected to face charges for DUI and related offenses. The 25-year-old man behind the wheel of the Honda, officials said, refused medical treatment. Police said that, prior to the crash, officers were initially responding to a separate radio call for an unresponsive infant at a residence on the 6600 block of Ditman Street. Prior to officers’ arrival at that residence, police said that the mother and child left the location in the private ambulance in an attempt to transport the infant to the hospital. At the scene, NBC10’s cameras captured images of an ambulance resting on its side as a result of the crash as crews continued to work at the scene while the roadway was closed to traffic on Sunday morning. An investigation into this incident is ongoing, officials said. NBC10 is working to learn more. This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as new information becomes available. ...read more read less
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