New York EMS Worker Died On The Job

    April 5, 2004
    A Rensselaer County EMS worker died while transporting a patient to the hospital
    A Rensselaer County EMS worker died while transporting a patient to the hospital.

    Police said at around 7 p.m. Saturday, the Castleton volunteer ambulance service responded to a call on Birch Hill.

    While transporting the patient to the hospital, the ambulance driver, Gerald "Jerry" Stalker, suffered a heart attack. The ambulance went off the road and into a ditch. A second ambulance then came to assist.

    Both the driver and the patient were brought to local hospitals where Stalker was pronounced dead.

    Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Schodack.

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