Rescue personnel attend the scene of an accident that killed a Netherlands EMT.

** A Dutch EMT is dead after being struck on a roadside while attending a patient this past weekend. The unidentified medic, 35, was hit by a police car on the A1 highway, after being hailed to the scene for an elderly woman. Initial information indicates the police car first struck a truck before careening into the patient’s vehicle. The EMT sustained a massive brain injury in the accident. He was medevaced to a nearby trauma centre but never regained consciousness. Funeral arrangements are pending. Email condolences can be sent to info@ambulanceoost.nl

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