An East Texas Medical Center (the largest rural not-for-profit EMS in Texas) Paramedic is in critical condition after being hit by a drunk driver in Waco (Texas) early yesterday morning.
Units responded to a crash about 0330 in the median near Loop 340. While working the crash, someone involved in the crash returned to the scene and requested medical attention so ETMC personnel responded and treated the person involved in the crash.
As a paramedic was getting out of the ambulance, a drunk driver going north failed to stay in his lane and hit the paramedic, pinning him between the car and the ambulance. The Paramedic was taken to Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest with life-threatening injuries.
As of 0530 hours Swanton said the paramedic had been transferred to the surgical ICU.
Cops arrested 36-year-old Alec Nava and charged him with intoxicated assault on a public servant and driving with an invalid license. KTIYP’s.
