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National Guardsman killed in collision with ambulance

He crossed the center lane while driving around a curve and hit an oncoming ambulance, police say

YORKSHIRE, N.Y. — An Army National Guardsman was killed in a head-on collision with a Trans Am Ambulance Services ambulance Saturday morning.

State Police said Brenden A. DeCarlo, 21, was driving north on Route 16 when he crossed into the southbound lane at a slight curve in the roadway, and hit an oncoming ambulance, The Buffalo News reports. The crash occurred at 6:10 a.m.

He suffered “traumatic blunt-force injury” and was taken to Bertrand Chaffee Hospital where he was pronounced dead. DeCarlo was a member of the Army National Guard based in Buffalo.

Trans Am employee Everett E. Retzel also suffered a minor wrist injury. He was treated at Bertrand Chaffee Hospital and released.

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