WY EMT Struck, Killed on Highway While Helping Patient
One EMT was killed and another injured Wednesday morning while they were assisting a patient along a Wyoming interstate.
Tyeler Harris, 29, of Saratoga, who worked for Memorial Hospital of Carbon County in Rawlins, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Another EMT was seriously injured, according to the Cowboy State Daily.
The two were tending to people involved in a previous crash involving a semi-tractor with trailer and a pickup truck pulling a small enclosed trailer.
After the rig struck the two, it crashed into the rear of the ambulance, reports indicated.
The truck driver was identified as Saviol Saint Gean, of Brooklyn, New York.
The investigation is continuing.
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