Tuesday, January 25, 2011

** Alabama police arrest man in December driving death of EMT

** Michigan EMT, who survived two tours of duty in Iraq, killed in car accident

UNITED STATES NEWS

** Police in Alabama have arrested a man they say is responsible for the December 15 roadside death of Lowndesboro EMT Laura Pullam. WAFF (January 24) said Robert Allan Cumbie now faces charges of vehicular homicide. Authorities say Montgomery resident Cumbie, 42, was driving a 2006 Chevy pickup truck when he struck Pullam while she was attending a 2-vehicle MVA scene on I-65. WSFA (December 15) said it is believed Cumbie prompted the crash after speeding through an icy patch while passing traffic slowed by the initial 9 a.m. accident. Though Pullam was transported from the scene to Baptist South Hospital, she died shortly after.

** A Michigan EMT and combat veteran is dead after being killed in a Friday car crash. WPBN-WTOM TV (January 24) said Bellaire resident Joseph Baker II, 32, died mere months after having survived serving 2 tours of duty in Iraq;he returned home last May. According to the newspaper, Baker, who was a military combat engineer, worked EMS with the Bellaire Fire Department and the Torch Lake Fire Department. Funeral services will be held Friday at Bellaire’s St. Luke Catholic Church. Baker leaves a wife, Candace, behind.