A man injured when his car collided with an ambulance outside Manheim Saturday morning was listed in fair condition Sunday.

Troy Bender, 83, of Lititz, was listed in fair condition Sunday at Lancaster General Hospital, a nursing supervisor said.

The accident happened at 10:39 a.m. Saturday at Doe Run Road and West End Drive in Penn Township, near the Manheim Shopping Center.

According to Northern Lancaster County Regional Police, Bender's Subaru station wagon and a Warwick Community Ambulance both were traveling west on Doe Run Road.

The ambulance was driven by Kenneth Barton, 22, of Lancaster, and Myrna Helsel, 42, of Columbia, was riding as a passenger.

Police said the station wagon was in front of the ambulance, when Bender activated the car's left turn signal.

Police said the car started moving to the far right side of the road, and the ambulance attempted to pass it.

That's when the car swerved sharply to the left, cutting in front of the ambulance. The two vehicles collided and the ambulance struck a utility pole - cutting it into three pieces - and sheered off a fire hydrant.

The ambulance came to rest next to the hydrant, while the car ended up on a grassy area in front of a Verizon Wireless office.

The station wagon was heavily damaged on both its driver’s side and passenger side. The damage was worse on the driver’s side.

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Water was flowing from the hydrant after the accident, pooling several inches around the car as rescue workers worked to free an occupant from the car for 45 minutes.

The rescue workers removed the car’s roof and the driver’s side door.

Barton and Helsel, who were responding to an emergency call at the time of the accident, were taken to Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center, where they were treated for minor injuries.

The accident left some Penn Township businesses and homes in the area without power for a period Saturday.

Also, due to the broken hydrant, a small number of residents were being asked Saturday to boil their water before use.

The affected customers were urged to bring all water to a boil and let it boil for one minute, or else use bottled water.

A section of the area’s drinking water distribution system had to be shut down to stop the “significant” water leak, township representatives said Saturday.

The action only affects public water customers on Doe Run Road and East End, West End and Ditz drives

Doe Run Road was closed for more than eight hours as the accident wreckage was cleared and utility workers repaired the pole and water lines.

A police investigation of the crash continues.