Two injured in ambulance wreck

A two-vehicle accident involving an ASAP Simmons ambulance transporting a patient resulted in two injuries, authorities say.

The accident occurred last Thursday evening at 6:40 p.m. near mile marker 29 on AL-21. John Higginbotham, 36, of Franklin was driving the ambulance, a 2007 Chevrolet CT3 with Michael Stanton, 37, of Peterman as an occupant.

Sergeant Derek Gessner with the Evergreen Post of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Stanton was being transported from Monroe County Hospital in the ambulance as a patient when the accident occurred and was transported back to the hospital after...