'We have to pivot': Saskatoon ambulance gets stuck in ice ruts

While much of the snow is melting off roadways in the city, some ruts in residential areas have been causing issues for drivers and emergency crews.

While much of the snow is melting off roadways in the city, some ruts in residential areas have been causing issues for drivers and emergency crews.

That massive snow dump from two weeks ago is still being felt on city streets.

A photo posted to Facebook on the weekend shows an ambulance stuck in the ruts on Delaronde Road in the Lakeview neighbourhood.

Because of this, Saskatoon ambulances are equipped with tow ropes to ensure safety, according to Troy Davies with Medavie Health Services West.

“In dealing with Saskatchewan weather and the major snow events that are coming in March or anytime we have to pivot with the vehicles we have and we have full 4x4 SUVs,” Davies told CTV News.

There wasn’t a patient in the ambulance at the time of this incident, but there is a plan in the event a patient is involved in a delay like this.

“It’s the same as when we hit a train. If we’re stopped by a train, we have to send a second unit. It’s situations like that, where we might have a delayed transport time. In that case there wasn’t a patient, so it didn’t affect our transport time,” he says.