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Car hits off-duty medic responding to crash

The medic was on his cell phone walking toward the crash when the driver of an SUV that stopped on the scene backed into him

ABC News

PORT RICHEY, Fla. — An off-duty paramedic was hit by a car Thursday morning, just after he responded to the scene of a crash.

It all began around 6:15 when a car crashed into the back end of a tractor-trailer on US 19 near Jasmine Boulevard.

The paramedic was at the Arby’s nearby, and was talking on a cell phone while walking to the wreck.

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