Coroner rules runaway ambulance driver’s death a suicide

  • The scene in Lebec after Kristina (Fort) Foss crashed the ambulance she had taken, killing herself and Nelson Martinez, driver of the tractor trailer that was in her path. [photo by Gary Meyer]

    The scene in Lebec after Kristina (Fort) Foss crashed the ambulance she had taken, killing herself and Nelson Martinez, driver of the tractor trailer that was in her path. [photo by Gary Meyer]

By Gary Meyer

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has called Kristina (Fort) Foss’ death in a head-on ambulance crash a suicide. The death of truck driver Nelson Martinez, who was hit by the ambulance, has been ruled a homicide.

On May 13, after Frazier Park neighbors observed Foss suffering what appeared to be a series of seizures, she is said to have…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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The scene in Lebec after Kristina (Fort) Foss crashed the ambulance she had taken, killing herself and Nelson Martinez, driver of the tractor trailer that was in her path.

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This is part of the May 29, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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