** Police identify New York EMT killed in Wednesday crash
** South African female paramedic killed in crash with truck
UNITED STATES NEWS
** New York police in Bergen have identified the EMT killed Wednesday after an ambulance
collided with the rear of a construction backhoe. The Buffalo News (Mike Pettinella/September 24)
said Barry G. Miller, 50, who was also the Genesee County coroner, was a 31 year veteran of the
local fire department. According to the newspaper, Miller also ran his own business called Miller
Millworks. On Wednesday morning, he was in the front passenger seat of the EMS unit when the
crash happened around 7:15 a.m. He was transported to Batavia’s United Memorial Medical Center
but was pronounced dead on arrival. Police said the driver of the ambulance did not see the backhoe
because of the glare from the sun and foggy conditions. Two other medics in the rear of the rig were
treated and released from hospital. Funeral services are expected to take place Tuesday in Bergen.
SOUTH AFRICA NEWS
** A 32-year-old KwaZulu-Natal paramedic is dead after a Thursday morning crash between an
ambulance and a truck. News24 (Thomas Hartleb/September 24) said the unidentified female practitioner
was in the front cab behind the wheel of the EMS unit when the incident happened. The crew was
responding to a call for a child with diarrhea and was en route from Ixopo to Donnybrook. The medic died
at the scene, while her male colleague was seriously injured. She leaves a husband and three
children behind.
