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ERIN, Texas — Lynda Morgan died waiting for an ambulance to respond to her home in Erin community, about 11 miles south of Jasper. An Acadian Ambulance unit driving from Silsbee Wednesday arrived at Morgan’s residence about 90 minutes after Morgan’s husband, Fred, called 9-1-1, said Morgan’s daughter, Loretta Bean.
She said her 63-year-old mother, who has a history of asthma and was on oxygen, was having difficulty breathing, but was relatively fine for about 45 minutes to an hour after the emergency call was made.
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, which received the 9-1-1 call, operates on a rotating system with ambulance companies and Acadian was next in line. There is confusion surrounding the ambulance response time to Morgan’s house. Her death has caught the attention of rural officials.
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