Ambulances and paramedics are supposed to be there to help you when you are in trouble. They are not supposed to cause your death, but that’s exactly what happened this past Friday when 78 year old Isabella Moore was killed in a car crash after the ambulance she was in ran a red light.
Who is at fault here? It seems it would be both the 25 year-old driver of the ambulance, James Gatewood, and the ambulance company, American Mobile Healthcare, LLC. Mr. Gatewood was driving the ambulance even though he did not have a valid driver’s license. It would have been the duty of the ambulance company to make sure that all it’s drivers were properly licensed and adhere to proper safety codes. It apparent in this case that both of these duties were violated.
Our condolences go out to Mrs. Moore’s family for her untimely passing. No one should have to pay with their life because someone neglected their duty to properly operate a vehicle, and a company neglected it’s duty in letting someone who wasn’t licensed properly drive the vehicle at all.
