Ambulance crew members at scene of accident included roommate
By MIKE BELT
TOPEKA, Kan. — When a Shawnee County ambulance crew responded to a fatal wreck Monday night east of Topeka, the last thing they expected to find was the body of a co-worker.
Paramedic Ryan Ostendorf had left his home in Lawrence and was driving to Topeka when he was killed in a head-on collision. The accident occurred about 8:20 p.m. on U.S. Highway 40 near Shawnee Heights Road.
Ostendorf had worked at American Medical Response ambulance service for five years. That night he would have started his shift at 9 p.m.
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