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CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- A blood drive is scheduled to benefit Bonnie Ames, the 20-year-old EMT who lost her arm in an April 14 ambulance crash in West Nyack, N.Y. The blood drive will be from noon until 8 p.m. on Friday, April 18 at the Florida (N.Y.) Fire Department at 16 S. Main St in Florida, N.Y.

Ames, was injured when the ambulance she was riding in collided with a truck. Shortly after 10:15 a.m. Monday, April 14 the Clarkstown Police Department received the first of several 9-1-1 calls reporting a major accident involving an ambulance on Route 59 in front of the Palisades Center mall. The first arriving police officers reported an ambulance into the rear of a truck and requested the Nyack Ambulance Corp. and Rockland paramedics to respond. The West Nyack Fire Dept. was also requested to the scene for extrication, and a Medevac was placed on standby. EMS command requested the Medevac to launch for a patient with severe injuries, which included a partially amputated arm. STAT Flight landed on Route 59, which was closed in both directions. The victim was flown to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.