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Ky. EMT pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal ambulance crash

By Jason Riley
The Courier-Journal

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An emergency medical technician who was on methadone while driving an ambulance pleaded guilty to manslaughter Thursday for a 2008 wreck in which a patient was killed.

Tammy Renee Brewer, who had been charged with murder, agreed to a 10-year prison sentence.

She was transporting Vickie Whobrey, 54, to Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital at 1850 Bluegrass Ave. in southwestern Louisville when the crash occurred April 3, 2008.

Full story: Brewer also pleaded guilty to second-degree assault