On Friday May 7, 2010 the first snow since February caused numerous traffic accidents in the area including one involving an ambulance.

The CAFD answered a call for mulitple Medic units at a vehicle accident on Hwy 2 at the St. Louis River Bridge.  The accident involved an ambulance that was traveling east bound and transporting a patient to a hospital in Duluth.  The ambulance overturned and hit the gaurd  rail on the bridge resulting in fatal injuries to one person and non-life threatening injuries to the two EMS providers.  Two people were transported to Cloquet Community Memorial Hospital by Medic units 9 & 12.