The Latest: 1 dead, 4 injured after ambulance flips in crash

SAN LORENZO, Calif. – The Latest on a Northern California crash involving an ambulance (all times local):

3:50 p.m.

The California Highway Patrol says a 74-year-old woman who was being transported in an ambulance when it collided with a car in San Lorenzo has died.

KGO-TV reported that the ambulance was flipped on its side after an Audi crashed into its while it was in an intersection Monday around 11 a.m.

The driver of the car, a paramedic and two emergency workers were also injured and taken to a hospital.

CHP spokesman Officer Dan Jacowitz said he does not know if the ambulance had its emergency lights and siren activated.

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2:55 p.m.:

Authorities in Northern California say five people were hospitalized after an ambulance that was transporting a patient to a hospital flipped on its side when a car crashed against it.

The East Bay Times reports the ambulance patient is in critical condition after the collision Monday in San Lorenzo. The driver of the car, a paramedic and two emergency workers were also injured and taken to a hospital.

The California Highway Patrol says the ambulance was carrying a female patient. What the woman was being transported for was not immediately released.

Officials did not say if the ambulance had its emergency lights and siren activated.

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Information from: KGO-TV.