New Jersey EMT killed in ambulance crash

22-year-old Hinal Patel was responding to a routine call on her last day on the job.



Some tragic news out of New Jersey, where an emergency medical technician, on her last day on the job, was killed when her ambulance got into a fatal accident Saturday morning while responding to a routine call.

On her last shift as EMT, woman killed in ambulance responding to call

22-year-old Hinal Patel and her partner were in their ambulance, responding to a mutual aid request in East Brunswick. It was supposed to be one of one her final calls, on her last day of work as an EMT. Patel, a recent graduate of Rutgers University, was scheduled to start graduate school next month.

According to a police news release, the ambulance had its emergency lights and sirens activated and was crossing an intersection when it was struck by another car. The ambulance overturned and slid into another car. Patel, who was riding in the front passenger seat, was killed.

FDNY sends ambulance bill addressed to "Unknown Asian"

If I had to pay $784 for an ambulance ride, I'd stay unknown too.



Unknown Asian? Is Unknown Asian in the house? The FDNY is looking for you. The Department recently sent a bill demanding payment for an ambulance transport to someone simply addressed as "Unknown Asian." Huh?

FDNY sends ambulance bill to 'Unknown Asian'

The mysterious bill was delivered yesterday to The New School's 2 W. 13th St. building, where there are indeed a handful of Asian staffers -- but they are all Known Asians. In fact, there a lot of Asian students at Parsons. I guess the FDNY was crossing its fingers and hoping it would find its way to the correct Asian?

The $784.40 bill pertains to an emergency last month in which the Unknown Asian was transported from 255 W. 14th St. to Beth Israel Medical Center. Somewhere along the way, somebody made a mistake...