新泽西州Cliffside Park警车赶赴用药过量报警途中撞上护栏：到场救护车转弯时又擦撞警车尾部
位于美国新泽西州伯根县的Cliffside Park镇近日有一段视频在社交平台疯传：当地时间10月31日万圣节傍晚约5时20分，一名警员驾驶警车赶赴Lawton Avenue一处住宅的用药过量报警，途中失控撞上隔离带与护栏，警车受损、所幸无人受伤；随后赶到的一辆镇急救车转弯时又擦撞已受损警车的尾部，尾灯碎裂。镇发言人Bill Maer 11月4日向NorthJersey.com说明了事发经过。
据Maer说，这名警员当时是去协助处理这起用药过量报警，失控撞车后车辆虽有损坏，但事故中没有人受伤。其他警员随后赶到报警住宅，给患者使用了逆转阿片类药物过量的纳洛酮（Narcan），把人救了回来。
疯传视频拍下的是撞车之后的现场：受损警车斜停在护栏与路牌旁，车身已经变形；视频开始没多久，一辆Cliffside Park急救车绕过街角驶来，从警车后方擦过，看上去撞碎了警车尾灯，两辆车都被刮擦。The Autopian等媒体11月3日转载这段视频时形容，短短一分钟里连续出状况的画面让不少网友看得目瞪口呆。
Cliffside Park警察局后来在Instagram转发了这段视频，配文自嘲道：「这就是为什么这叫意外！！（That's why they call them accidents!!）」警方还说，很高兴宣布没有人受重伤，这辆巡逻车很快会回到镇上的街道上，继续守护居民安全。截至发稿，官方没有公布涉事警员与急救车驾驶员的姓名，也没有说明失控撞车的具体原因。
Cliffside Park, New Jersey Cruiser Crashes on Way to Overdose Call: Arriving Ambulance Then Sideswipes the Wreck in Viral Video
A video from Cliffside Park, a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, has gone viral on social media: at about 5:20 p.m. on Halloween, October 31, an officer driving to a reported drug overdose at a residence on Lawton Avenue lost control and crashed into a divider and a guardrail. The cruiser was damaged but nobody was injured. Moments later, as bystander video rolled, a borough EMS vehicle rounding the corner sideswiped the back of the already damaged cruiser, shattering a taillight. Town spokesperson Bill Maer explained what happened to NorthJersey.com on November 4.
According to Maer, the officer was en route to assist with the overdose call when he lost control of the vehicle. The cruiser sustained damage, but no one was injured in the crash. Other officers then reached the residence and administered Narcan, the opioid-overdose reversal drug, and saved the patient.
The viral footage shows the aftermath: the damaged cruiser sits against a guardrail and a sign, and shortly after the video starts, a Cliffside Park EMS vehicle rounds the corner and appears to sideswipe the rear of the cruiser, seemingly shattering its taillight and scratching both vehicles. The Autopian and other outlets that shared the clip on November 3 described viewers' disbelief at the chain of mishaps unfolding in just over a minute.
The Cliffside Park Police Department later reposted the video on Instagram, joking in its caption: "That's why they call them accidents!!" The department said it was delighted to announce that no one was seriously injured and that the patrol car would soon be back on the town's streets, continuing to keep Cliffside Park safe. Officials have not released the names of the officer or the EMS driver, and have not given a specific cause for the initial loss of control.
来源：Cliffside Park镇发言人及警察局
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：警用Ford Police Interceptor Utility资料图（AndyHe829摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经Wikimedia Commons；非事发现场图）
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