A Pittsburgh woman has sued a New Castle ambulance service and its driver, claiming she was injured a chain-reaction crash caused by the ambulance along I-79 in Cranberry Township in October 2021.

Rosine Ingabire filed the suit in Butler County Common Pleas Court in September seeking unspecified damages in excess of $35,000 against Noga Ambulance Service and Kendra Benton of Mercer County, who was identified as the ambulance driver.

Ingabire said she was a passenger in a vehicle stopped in traffic in a southbound lane that was backed up due to construction work shortly after 10 a.m. at mile marker 83 along I-79 South.

According to the lawsuit, the ambulance struck the rear of a vehicle causing a chain-reaction collision involving six vehicles, including the one Ingabire was riding in.

Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company Chief Scott Garing said in October 2021 that the crash — between an ambulance and five vehicles — happened when the ambulance crashed into the back of a grey car.

The patient who the ambulance was transporting was placed in a different ambulance. One patient was taken by Cranberry EMS to the Cranberry UPMC Passavant helipad to be flown to another hospital. Emergency responders extricated one person from a vehicle.

Nine people were involved in the crash, Jay Grinnell, director of Harmony Emergency Medical Services, said at that time.

Ingabire suffered injuries to her head, lower back and other parts of her body, and some may be permanent, according to the suit. She claims she has and will continue to endure pain, inconvenience, embarrassment, mental anguish and psychological trauma. She said she has and will continue to spend money for treatment, medical supplies, rehabilitation equipment and medicine. She also claims she has and will continue to suffer a loss of income.

Ingabire, Noga and Benton could not be reach for comment.

Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company and EMS, Harmony Area Fire District, Harmony EMS, UPMC Passavant Advanced Response Unit, Portersville-Muddy Creek EMS, Quality EMS, Noga EMS and state police responded to the crash.