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07/27/2015

Mount Holly, New Jersey – Officials: South Jersey father and son accused of stealing EMS squad funds
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Struggling ambulance services want help from state
Flint, Michigan – Ambulance crews expected to do thorough search for crash victims, oversight agency says
Suffolk, Virginia – Man arrested for kicking ambulance, assaulting officer
Patterson, California – Fire department to place paramedics on fire engines
Scotland, UK – Assaults on paramedics up a quarter since 2005
London, UK – New 999 ambulance system cuts wasted journeys
Belfast, Northern Ireland – Air ambulance helicopter could cost 2.2 million pounds a year: campaigners
Jul 26, 2015 | Comments Off on 07/27/2015
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Monday, July 27, 2015

** New Jersey medic killed after Saturday ambulance/car crash
** South African truck driver hits, kills man at MVA scene, then steals ambulance
UNITED STATES NEWS
** An early Saturday morning ambulance/car accident has taken the life of a New Jersey EMT. KWTX 10 (July 26) said the 8 a.m. crash at an intersection in East Brunswick occurred as the ambulance was lit up and en route to an MVA call. According to the news site, a car struck the EMS rig as it passed through the intersection, forcing it onto its side. It then slid into another car. Piscataway resident Hinal Patel, 22, was in the ambulance’s passenger seat at the time of the collision. She died at the scene. Her partner and driver Mark Seube, 24, suffered non life threatening injuries, as did car driver Kathleen Meade, 58.
SOUTH AFRICA NEWS
** A KwaZulu-Natal area truck driver has been arrested after allegedly hitting a person at an MVA scene and then making off with the attending ambulance Saturday. Eyewitness News (July 26) said the unidentified man struck and killed the tow truck driver who had been hailed to haul away debris from the first crash. According to ENCA (July 26), when paramedics rushed to attend the tow operator, the truck driver stole the EMS unit. He then hit a parked car after a pursuit by witnesses. There is no word on what charges are pending.
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