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N.Y. EMT collides with off-duty cop

By The Times Herald-Record (New York)

A Hatzollah EMT rushing to the Arden Hill campus of Orange Regional Medical Center ran a red light and collided with a Honda driven by an off-duty New York City cop yesterday afternoon.

The city cop, 42-year-old Mayra Liciaga, was turning left to get on Route 17 east at Exit 130. The EMT, driving an unmarked minivan but with a flashing red lights on the dash and grill and EMT plates, went around traffic and through the red light at the intersection with Route 208, striking Liciaga’s Accord on the passenger side and spinning it around.

The EMT, Shloima Schvimmer, 36, was transporting the grandmother of a 4-year-old child to Arden Hill. The child, who was taken to the hospital for an allergic reaction, was in a separate ambulance.

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