Calif. rescue volunteer flips ATV, hit by ambulance

[VentMedic]

This is just too sad.


http://www.ems1.com/ems-products/am...-rescue-volunteer-flips-ATV-hit-by-ambulance/

Calif. rescue volunteer flips ATV, hit by ambulance

May 26, 2009

Meadows' quad flipped as he descended a dune, said Rob Bryn, spokesman for the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department. The ATV landed on top of Meadows after an almost sheer drop of about 30 feet.
A four-wheel-drive ambulance behind Meadows wasn't able to stop completely before hitting the downed ATV, the California Highway Patrol reported.

The horror was multiplied because Meadows, an emergency medical technician, was a full-time employee of the ambulance company, Bryn said.

Talmadge is a 13-year veteran who gives four-wheel-drive ambulance instruction, Bryn said.

Meadows had been a search-and-rescue volunteer for a year, having finished his training a week earlier. He was about to be promoted to medical team leader.

http://www.ems1.com/ems-products/am...-rescue-volunteer-flips-ATV-hit-by-ambulance/
.

 

[Bosco578]

Bummer.:sad:

 

[AthensTech09]

That is too bad.

 

[HotelCo]

Tragic.

My heart goes out to the family.