A Dunkirk man was killed Tuesday evening when the EmergyCare ambulance he was in crashed on the way back from an Erie, Pa., hospital. The crash, which occurred on Route 5 in Dunkirk, remains under investigation. P-J photo by Amanda Dedie

DUNKIRK — A Dunkirk man was killed Tuesday after an ambulance transporting him to a local nursing home veered off the road.

According to the New York State Police, Arthur R. McArthur, 77, was being transported from UPMC Hamot in Erie, Pa, to the Chautauqua Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dunkirk.

Shortly before 5:40 p.m., the EmergyCare ambulance, which was traveling eastbound on State Route 5 in Dunkirk, left the roadway, entered a ditch and struck a culvert.

The driver, 49-year-old Robin Morey, was taken to Brooks Memorial Hospital and later released. Police said there was no indication that alcohol or drugs were involved.

An EMT in the rear of the ambulance, 45-year-old Scott A. Fischer, sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to UPMC Hamot.

McArthur was pronounced dead at the scene and later taken to Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo for an autopsy, police said.

State Troopers responded to the scene, as well as the NYSP Bureau of Criminal Investigation and NYSP Collision Reconstruction Unit.

Police said the collision is still under investigation.