Lewis County WV Jan 16 2013 Jan-Care Ambulance Services confirmed Tuesday morning that a Jan-Care EMT died following an accident on Interstate 79 in Lewis County.
A Jan-Care ambulance was returning to the station from an EMS transport when it collided with a flat bed semi truck Tuesday morning, according to Paul Seamann, Director of Operations at Jan-Care Ambulance Services.
Jan-Care EMT, Mark Kinder, 26, was injured in the accident and later died as a result of those injuries at Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Seamann said.
Seamann said the paramedic on board was also injured in the accident but has since been treated and released from the hospital.
No patient was on-board the ambulance at the time of the accident, according to Seamann.
The Lewis County Sheriff's Department said the driver and passenger of the semi truck involved in the fatal crash were not injured.
There is no word on the cause of the accident.
The Lewis County Sheriff's Department and State Police are investigating the accident.
