** Memorial service and funeral held for New Jersey EMT killed in off-duty car accident
** Russian ambulance patient uninjured after being tossed from ambulance during crash
UNITED STATES NEWS
** Hundreds of New Jersey paramedics, and other emergency personnel, attended the Sunday memorial service for a Bayonne EMT killed Thursday in an off-duty car accident. The Jersey Journal (Joseph R. Vena/December 16) said services for McCabe Ambulance medic Michael Burke, 23, were held at the Bayonne Memorial Home in the afternoon hours. According to the newspaper, Burke was remembered as a good and caring friend with a sense of humor. He was formally laid to rest Monday. The funeral took place at the city’s St. Henry’s Church at 10:45 a.m.
RUSSIA NEWS
** A Cherepovets ambulance patient apparently escaped unscathed last Tuesday after he was flung from the EMS unit when the vehicle was hit by an SUV. MSN NZ (December 12) said the man, who plummeted out the rear door onto bare pavement, apparently skidded for several metres before coming to a stop. Suffering only minor scratches in the mishap, he immediately hopped back aboard the rig. Alcohol is not believed to have been a factor in the crash.
