MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015
UPPER YODER TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
We regret to pass on to you that a Paramedic was killed in
the Line of Duty while operating at the scene of a crash in Cambria County on
Route 271.
It happened along Menoher Boulevard in Upper Yoder
Township. The township borders
Johnstown, about 60 miles east of Pittsburgh.
38-year-old West End Ambulance Paramedic Janice Livingston,
of Johnstown was working the scene after two earlier crashes when a coal
truck came around a curve on an icy road and essentially ran through the crash
scene---PM Livingston died of multiple traumatic injuries.
Apparently there were three different crashes, and in the
third one, Paramedic Livingston was killed in the Line of Duty when a coal
truck slammed into her.
The accidents involved several other vehicles, including a
FedEx truck.
A man who said he saw the crash said he was stopped behind a
school bus when an oncoming Jeep lost control, and “all hell broke loose.” He
said there were vehicles crashing everywhere. While it’s still not clear what
happened, no school buses were involved. One car appears to have crashed
head-on into a utility pole, which is snapped in half and on top of the
windshield of a FedEx truck. A coal truck crashed into some trees, and the
majority of emergency crews and the coroner are in that area.
We'll post more as it becomes available. Our condolences to all affected. RIP.
Source: www.wjactv