NEW JERSEY EMS WORKERS STRUCK AT ACCIDENT SCENE

A paramedic and an EMT were struck by a car while working at the scene of an accident this morning in Cherry Hill, according to officials. The paramedic and EMT, both from the Cherry Hill Fire Department, were working at the scene of a four-car accident in the westbound lanes of Route 70 around 9:00 a.m.., officials said.

EMS personnel were busy loading a patient into the back of an ambulance when a vehicle struck them from behind, officials said. With traffic on Route 70 backed up after the initial accident, the driver of the vehicle turned onto the shoulder and hit the paramedic and EMT, authorities said.

The EMS workers were taken to Virtua West Jersey Hospital and were being treated for non-life threatening injuries, authorities said. Five people involved in the initial accident were taken to area hospitals, officials said.

The Cherry Hill Police Department will continue to investigate.