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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

** Funeral services set for Pennsylvania medic killed in Sunday ambulance crash

UNITED STATES NEWS

** Funeral services are set for Saturday for a Pennsylvania paramedic from Pittsburgh killed after a Sunday ambulance crash. WPXI (Taylor Spirito/November 29) said the commemoration for Nick Theofilis, 23, will take place at 10 am at the funeral home, while a Mass of Christian Burial will occur at 11 am at the St. Susanna Church-Christ the Divine Shepherd Parish. Internment will follow. According to the news site, Theofilis succumbed around 11:30 pm after the Penn Hills Ambulance he was driving hit another vehicle. Although emergency crews responded, he suffered a cardiac arrest and died later in hospital. There is no word on how the accident happened.

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11/30/2022

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Monday, November 28, 2022

** Pennsylvania EMT killed in ambulance/car crash Sunday

UNITED STATES NEWS

** A Pennsylvania EMT from Pittsburgh is dead after a crash with a car in a city neighbourhood Sunday evening. CBS News (Jessica Guay/November 28) said the medic has been identified as Penn Hills EMS practitioner Nicholas Theofilis. According to the new site, Theofilis went into cardiac arrest following the intersection crash and died shortly afterward in hospital. Also working part time for White Oak EMS, he began his paramedicine career in 2019. The driver of the car, meanwhile, remains in stable condition in hospital. Police continue to investigate. Funeral services are pending.

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