An added risk was the relatively long distance to the nearest ambulance station, he told BBC News Online.
South Western Ambulance will continue to run 999 and other non-emergency ambulances in the three counties.
Patient transport services make non-urgent ambulance trips, such as taking people to hospital appointments.
The man was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police and ambulance staff were called but Mrs Mann was confirmed dead at the scene.
But the footage analysed by Panorama shows that a third ambulance turned up after 15:30.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust said it would co-operate with any new legal inquiries.
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The patient was based in the area covered by South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb).
Following her death, ambulance trust manager Adrian Maasz was appointed to head an internal investigation.
The East of England Ambulance NHS Trust covers Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
The ambulance service attended but Mr Abdel Salam was pronounced dead at the scene.
"He (Sowden) had the opportunity to call for an ambulance but he didn't, " they said.
An air ambulance was also called but Mr Roberts was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Ambulance Service said patients had been taken to Heartlands Hospital, Selly Oak Hospital, and Dudley.
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Mr Fitton said an ambulance was called but Ms Cox left before paramedics arrived.
West Midlands Ambulance Service admitted its ability to respond to 999 calls was affected.
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Ambulance crews and police also attended and additional fire crews had to be called in.
"It was elevated enough that the doctors immediately had the ambulance come over, " Taylor recalled.
After the ambulance was called, paramedics tried to resuscitate him for 20 minutes, the spokesman said.
The operator then asks him to check to see whether Berry needs an ambulance.
Behind the ambulance, one of the paramedics is taking a quick nip of oxygen.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service said it had put major incident procedures in place following the collision.
Sirens in the distance were coming closer, and within a few minutes, the first ambulance arrived.
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Paul Woodrow, of the London Ambulance Service, is in Russell Square near the bus which exploded.
"The guy has a shotgun and I need an ambulance too, " the caller said.
Police said he was treated by paramedics and taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital by air ambulance.
John McPoland from the Ambulance Service said the emergency services were at the scene within minutes.
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