Sunday, September 5, 2010 By Yoni Bashani - The Daily Telegraph

THE head of the NSW Ambulance Service yesterday issued a public apology to the family of a young woman who was run down and killed by paramedics on Friday night.

The woman, believed to be in her 20s, died after being hit by an ambulance vehicle at the intersection of Parramatta Rd and Mallett St, Camperdown about 10pm.

Ambulance service chief executive Greg Rochford offered his condolences yesterday, saying in a statement that the entire organisation had been shocked by the event.

"We are deeply saddened by this tragic incident, which has also affected everyone in the ambulance service," Mr Rochford said.

"The paramedics involved in the accident were most distressed by the incident."

Witnesses said the woman appeared to walk into the path of the ambulance, which had its sirens blaring.

"I saw the lady there not moving. A doctor who was walking past had stopped and he was checking her pulse," a man who saw the incident, but asked not to be named, said.

"I asked if I could help, and then I noticed the two ambulance officers just sitting there in shock."

The male ambulance driver and female paramedic tried to revive the pedestrian, but she died at the scene.