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EMT charged with colleague’s death in ambulance crash

Jonathan Cory Brown was the driver of the ambulance that pulled in front of a tractor trailer, causing an accident that killed EMT Belinda River

MONROE, N.C. — A S.C. EMT has been charged with misdemeanor death after allegedly causing a crash that killed his co-worker on Tuesday.

Jonathan Cory Brown was driving the ambulance that reportedly pulled in front of a tractor trailer, causing a collision that killed EMT Belinda Rivers, who was sitting in the passenger seat, according to the Associated Press.

The Sandhills Ambulance Service vehicle had just dropped off a patient to the hospital and was leaving when the crash occurred.

Brown is expected to recover from his injuries and the driver of the tractor-trailed did not suffer any injuries.

Rivers was buried Thursday.