Ambulance crew runs over man they were coming to aid. Victim was lying on the ramp of a St. Petersburg, Florida fire station.

Authorities said the man who was run over is Ted Allen Lenox, a 41-year-old homeless man. He suffered life-threatening injuries and was at Bayfront Medical Center Thursday night.

Alcohol was a factor, according to a St. Petersburg police report, which was not specific.

The accident took place about 3:45 p.m. outside Master Fire Station 1 at 400 Dr. Martin Luther King St. S. The facility houses St. Petersburg Fire Rescue’s headquarters and two fire companies.

According to police and fire officials, Emergency Medical Technician Jason Springer, 36, climbed into the driver’s seat of Rescue 5. Paramedic David Bucholz, 32, rode shotgun.

But neither apparently knew that Lenox was lying just 2 to 3 feet in front of Rescue 5’s bay, authorities said.

“Neither Springer or Bucholz saw, or could have seen, Lenox in the position he had placed himself in,” the police report states.

Rescue 5’s front wheels didn’t hit Lenox, but the undercarriage caught and rolled him. The crew stopped after they felt the truck’s rear tires roll over his legs.

He was pinned underneath. Firefighters raised the vehicle, pulled the injured man out and treated him. His condition was unavailable Thursday.

The firefighters involved in the accident remain on duty, Granata said.

He wished that the crew would have been told prior to leaving the station that the man was right at the foot of the garage.