PA Responder Killed in Ambulance Accident

A 22-year-old Mount Union (PA) ambulance worker was killed Saturday when his vehicle flipped over, reports the Altoona Mirror (http://bit.ly/Lq3DpO).

Ethan Amsbaugh was partially ejected from the ambulance in a single-vehicle accident still under internal and state police investigation. ABC 27 WHTM (http://bit.ly/JDiGLc) reports that he was a passenger in the vehicle and was not wearing his seatbelt.

He had been working with the fire company as an ambulance volunteer for less than a month.

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Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.