By EMS1 Staff
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah — A flight paramedic was killed and a nurse was seriously injured in a vehicle crash Sunday morning.
Life Flight paramedic Tyson Mason, 29, and a nurse were returning to Salt Lake City after a shift when the vehicle they were in was struck head-on by a pickup truck, reported FOX13.
“From what I know of Tyson, he was an excellent paramedic and was a valued member of the team,” Jess Gomez, spokesperson for Intermountain Life Flight said. “When one of our team members is lost, we all feel that very personally.”
Members of the Life Flight team responded to the crash; the nurse was airlifted to the hospital.
“They were the first on site, and as you can imagine, it was a shock to know that two members of the team — their colleagues, their family members so-to-speak — were involved in that serious car accident,” Gomez said.
Gomez said the nurse, who has not been yet identified, is said to be in serious condition but is doing “relatively OK.”
“This is a tragedy to lose a member of the Intermountain Healthcare and Life Flight family,” Gomez said. “Our hearts and prayers go out to their family, friends and colleagues for this devastating loss.”