Join 43,791 Fire, Flight, EMS and Dispatch Professionals

Get Special Offers, Sizzling Deals, and EMS Job Tips Straight To Your Inbox

Sleeping NY Firefighter Struck, Killed by Ambulance

PORT JARVIS, NY — A Port Jervis firefighter, 22, who was sleeping in front of an ambulance bay was run over and killed when a unit was leaving on a call early Sunday.

A 22-year-old New York firefighter who was sleeping in front of an ambulance bay was struck and killed by a unit leaving to respond to a call early Sunday.

Port Jervis firefighter Nicholas McKeon was thought to have been sleeping in front of the bay door just before 6 a.m., the Times Herald-Record in Middletown reports.

 

Police told the news outlet that the accident happened as a Port Jervis Volunteer Ambulance unit was leaving the building.

 

According to its website, the Port Jervis Volunteer Ambulance Corps “provides basic life support emergency medical services to not only the City of Port Jervis but also to the entire Town of Deerpark and, when requested, to our neighbors in Sullivan County (NY), Sussex County (NJ), & Pike County (PA).”

 

[divider style=”10″]

Interested in learning more about how to get started as a Flight Medic, Flight Nurse or EMS Pilot?

Join our Future Flight Crew Private Facebook Group. Answer 3 simple questions to join, takes less than a minute.

 

CLICK THE BANNER to Sign Up:

 

[arrows style=”arrow-red-11.png” align=”left”]

 

[two_column_block style=”undefined”] [content1]

[/content1] [content2]

[/content2] [/two_column_block]

 

[two_column_block style=”undefined”] [content1]

[/content1] [content2]

[/content2] [/two_column_block]


EMSFSN Staff
EMSFSN Staff

EMS Flight Safety Network is The People Who Keep Air Medical Safe.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.