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Peggy Dula’s $3,600 charge was far higher than what her two siblings were charged for their ambulance rides, though they were also in her car during a crash and were taken to the same hospital.
After a car wreck, Peggy Dula was charged far more than her two siblings who were transported to the same hospital.
Peggy Dula is as surprised as she is relieved. The 55-year-old resident of St. Charles, Illinois, had been fighting a $2,700 ambulance bill for nearly a year.
The woman was charged thousands more than her sister and brother after all three siblings were injured in an accident last year.