Pennsylvania Responder Dies Transporting Patient
A heart attack is believed to have caused a Silver Spring EMS responder to crash an ambulance early Wednesday.
SILVER SPRING, Penn. -- A heart attack is believed to have been what killed a Silver Spring Ambulance and Rescue driver, causing a crash that sent an emergency medical technician to the hospital.
Barry John Nagle, 66, of Mechanicsburg, was at the wheel of an ambulance that was transporting a patient around 2:30 this morning when he suffered a fatal heart attack and crashed, authorities said.
George Weimer, of Silver Spring Twp., was injured in the crash. Weimer, an EMT who was in the ambulance, was transported to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, said Silver Spring Township Emergency Management Coordinator Jim Hall.
Nagle's death is believed to have been due to the heart attack, not from crash-related injuries. "All efforts were made to revive the driver," Hall said.
The crash happened on Interstate 81 in Hampden Township. The ambulance left the road, went about 1,000 feet and ended up in a ditch.
Hall said Weimer is expected to be hospitalized for several days. Three other passengers were uninjured.
According to Hall, the Silver Spring ambulance had picked up a patient from the earlier crash involving another ambulance from out of the area and was transporting that patient to the hospital when the accident occurred. The out-of-the-area ambulance was carrying two nurses in addition to the patient.
State police have not released details of the first accident.
Republished with permission of The Patriot-News.
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