A Colquitt County ambulance collided with another vehicle while on its way to a reported carbon monoxide exposure in a rural part of the county Thursday afternoon.

Because the incidents happened so late in the day, reports were not available, including the names of those involved. However, officials gave The Observer some basic information.

Colquitt County Emergency Management Director Russell Moody said the initial call was for a medical emergency at a farm on Doc Lindsey Road near Norman Park. Moody said the driver of a forklift had shut the machine off, and shortly thereafter someone standing beside it collapsed.

Moody said that at the time of the call, it appeared the man had a heart attack. He said the man’s collapse might have been because of the heat or fumes.

The ambulance was called for the collapsed man, but some time thereafter a second person started having problems, Moody said. He didn’t know what kind of problems they were.

“Pretty much it was a routine call,” he said.

However, while on     Cool Springs Road, the     responding ambulance collided with a Windstar van, according to officials with the hospital and the Georgia State Patrol. The GSP report had not been turned in late Thursday afternoon, so no details of the accident were available.

Three people were in the ambulance — two paramedics and a Moultrie Technical College student doing a “ride-along.” All three were released from Colquitt Regional Medical Center Thursday evening.

The hospital spokesman did not have information on the other driver in the crash because police had not released his or her identity.

The two people sickened at the farm on Doc Lindsey Road were transported to CRMC by another ambulance. They were listed in stable condition Thursday evening.