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CHERAW, S.C. — A candle glows inside the bay at Sandhills Ambulance Service in Cheraw, S.C. A light illuminating the bright smile of a woman who dedicated her life to saving other lives.
A year ago, 43-year-old Gale Rivers and ambulance driver Cory Brown were in Monroe about to pick up a patient. They had just finished lunch when Brown accidentally pulled out into traffic on Highway 74. An 18-wheeler struck them, killing Rivers.
On Wednesday, her former co-workers remembered her with a memorial set up in the ambulance bay at Sandhills. Meg Norton runs the small company with about twenty five employees. Losing Rivers left a big hole in their family.
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