The following is copied from information in the Fort Wayne, Indiana,
newspaper, The Journal Gazette:
There were three related accidents last week which resulted in the
deaths of an EMT, two motorists, and a fetus.
It all began when a man drove his car off an area county road and struck
a tree. An ambulance was dispatched with a team of 4 inside.  The man
was immobilized and being transported to a local hospital. The time was
aproximatly 3:00am.
A seventeen year old girl was traveling in the opposite direction of the
traveling ambulance, crossed the center line and struck the ambulance
head on.  The seventeen year old girl and the driver of the ambulance,
an EMT-A, were killed instantly.  One of the medics was 4 months
pregnant, and lost her fetus as a result of injuries sustained in the
accident.
The man involved in the car vs tree accident had requested the Sheriff's
Department contact his brother to have him meet the ambulance at the
hospital.  The brother's vehicle was struck by a semi while making a
U-turn on a divided highway and was killed.
These events occurred on December 23rd.  I intentionally waited to post
this information until after Christmas for holiday reasons, not wanting
to depress anyone for the holidays... The Toxicology reports on the
seventeen year old have not been released yet, but the man in the
original accident is reported to have been DUI with a B/A level of .12
(.10 is legally drunk in Indiana).
My First Responder instructor, an EMT-A herself, was on the crew that
responded to the head-on accident, she said it was a horrific mess.  One
of the crew in the struck ambulance regained conciousness before they
arrived and had put out a small fire in the seventeen year old's car,
and was tending to the needs of those in the ambulance when they
arrived.
I know this isn't a religous base, and I hope I don't break any rules by
doing this; but please keep the medics, families, and community of those
involved in these accidents in your prayers.  This has stuck the small
town where the accident happened with a lot of shock and grief - with
questions not yet answered.  The funeral for the EMT was attended by
many EMS, fire, and law enforcement representatives.
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