Emergency dispatcher Tracy Wilson experienced true horror earlier this week, when she learned that the victim in a call she handled was in fact her 17-year-old son. The teenager, Mitchel Krause, was on a fishing expedition with friends at Rock Cut State Park on Tuesday, just south of the Illinois-Wisconsin border. When Wilson started receiving...Read More
Hey, As you know, DuQuoin (IL) Firefighter Corey Shaw, son of Fire Chief Robert Shaw, died in the Line of Duty late yesterday while operating at a "downtown block" fire in Pinckneyville, Illinois. A wall collapsed during initial firefighting operations. Corey’s father, DuQuoin Fire Chief Bob Shaw, was also working the fire at the time and...Read More
As you know, DuQuoin (IL) Firefighter Corey Shaw, son of Fire Chief Robert Shaw, died in the Line of Duty late yesterday while operating at a "downtown block" fire in Pinckneyville, Illinois. A wall collapsed during initial firefighting operations. Corey’s father, DuQuoin Fire Chief Bob Shaw, was also working the fire at the time and...Read More
AIKEN CTY, S.C.— An ambulance was involved in an accident Tuesday morning on I-20 in Aiken County. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a 2006 Ford Ambulance being driving by Marquise Hawkins, 21 years old, of Greer, SC was traveling west on I-20 near mile marker five when he went off the left side...Read More
A MAN who assaulted a paramedic who was taking him to hospital for treatment has walked free from court. Stuart Griffiths yanked at Brian Dodds’ hand, causing damage to his tendons. The ambulance worker needed physiotherapy and injections to treat the injury, but has since made a good recovery. Newcastle Crown Court heard Griffiths,...Read More
