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N.C. medic killed in crash remembered by colleagues

Rockingham county medic was a family man and loved his job; he was hit by a vehicle when he stopped to check on a driver that was in a crash

BY JASMINE SPENCER
Fox 8 News

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. — Emergency crews from across North Carolina attended the funeral of a Rockingham County paramedic who died while helping a driver who was in a crash.

More than 400 people attended a service for Captain William Lawrence McKinney Jr. was held Sunday to honor a man the community is calling a hero.

An ambulance carried the casket of Mckinney from the steps of Thompsonville Baptist Church to the burial site.

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