East Brunswick accident kills EMT worker
An accident involving an ambulance in East Brunswick has left an EMT worker dead and another injured.
Two members of the Spotswood EMS were en route to an accident scene in East Brunswick and were hit by a 2013 Toyota Prius on Ryder Lane at Cranbury Road, around 8 a.m. Saturday morning and overturned. Passenger Hinel Patel, 22, of Piscataway was killed in the crash while driver Mark Seube, 24, was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
The overturned vehicle slid into a 2011 Subaru Legacy that was stopped on Ryders Lane. The driver of the Legacy, Kristen Fahrman of East Brunswick, was also hospitalized.
The driver of the Prius, Kathleen Meade, 58, of East Brunswick, was also hospitalized and is expected to be okay. Police say the ambulance had its siren and lights on as it entered the intersection. Ryders Lane, which connects to Route 18 at the Brunswick Square was closed all morning for an investigation.
Patel was completing her final shift according to NBC 4 New York. In a statement on the North Stelton Volunteer Fire Company of Piscataway, Patel was remembered as "a very smart, dedicated member of our family and she will be greatly missed. She had many close friends at North Stelton."
She had just graduated from Rutgers University in May with a Bachelor’s degree in Cell Biology and Neuroscience and was planning to attend master’s program at the Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences this fall.
The accident is under investigation by East Brunswick police. Anyone with information should call 732-390-6969.
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