State Patrol: Paramedic Killed When Ambulance Hits Stalled Semi

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A paramedic is dead after an ambulance struck a stalled semi on a highway in the north metro Monday evening.

According to State Patrol, the semi was stalled near the split of Interstate 694 and Interstate 94 in Brooklyn Center.

A HealthEast ambulance heading from Monticello to Minneapolis was merging from the I-694 side to the I-94 side when the driver struck the stalled semi.

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The driver of the ambulance, a 27-year-old woman, was taken to North Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The ambulance's passenger, a 24-year-old St. Paul woman, was pronounced dead at the scene, State Patrol said.

There were no patients in the ambulance at the time of the crash.

The 44-year-old female driver of the semi truck was uninjured.

Traffic was shut down on I-694 and was being diverted onto I-94, according to State Patrol.