-Witnesses said the driver of the ambulance was speeding and swerving like a drunk driver.
OKLAHOMA CITY — A fatal ambulance crash is now being investigated as a homicide.
The driver of the ambulance was 34-year-old Matthew Erickson. He was taking 66-year-old Carolyn Koch and and another woman to the hospital when it veered off the road. The crash killed Koch and seriously injured the other woman.
According to police documents, witnesses said they saw the St. Anthony ambulance was speeding and swerving, likening it to behavior of a drunk driver.
Paramedic Chelsea Stewart, who was in the ambulance during the crash, said Erickson was swerving and hitting the rumble strips on the road. She told him to stop, saying “it was not funny.”
Erickson’s partner told investigators that she was concerned about Erickson’s driving ability that night because she was having a hard time keeping him awake during the overnight shift.
Days before the crash, Erickson was taken off duty for sleeping on the job.
More information available at News9.com.
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