Month-old baby was in ambulance when it rolled in crash near downtown Albuquerque

The southbound lanes of the I-25 frontage road were closed down for more than an hour at Mountain just before noon Tuesday after a crash involving an ambulance.

Albuquerque police say there was a 1-month-old baby aboard the ambulance when it crashed. The baby was being transported in an “isolette,” which is essentially an incubator.

APD spokesman Tanner Tixier says the ambulance was driving south on the frontage road with its lights and sirens engaged.

When it entered the intersection, a pickup truck going west on Mountain through a green light hit the ambulance, causing it to tip on its side.

The baby was extracted from the ambulance, taken to UNMH for emergency surgery and remains in critical condition.

Tixier says charges have not been determined for either party yet.