New York Firefighter Dies After Being Hit by Ambulance

PORT JERVIS, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York firefighter has died after an ambulance responding to a call struck him, apparently as he slept in front of a bay door. Port Jervis Police say the unidentified 22-year-old man was hit by a Port Jervis Volunteer Ambulance as it was leaving its building early Sunday morning near the Pennsylvania border. The Times Herald-Record reports the victim is believed to have been sleeping in front of the bay door when the ambulance struck him on its way out of the building. Related Port Jervis firefighter, 22, dies after being hit by ambulance, RecordOnline.com Sleeping man killed in Port Jervis accident, Mid Hudson News Port Jervis Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. homepage All contents © copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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