Lawsuit filed in ambulance crash

  • [photo by Gary Meyer, The Mountain Enterprise]

    [photo by Gary Meyer, The Mountain Enterprise]

Martinez family sues Hall Ambulance and Kristina Foss Fort estate

By Gary Meyer, TME

The explosive impact when a stolen Hall Ambulance Service vehicle collided at high speed with an 18-wheel big rig in front of the Pilot Flying J Travel Center on May 13, 2015 left bystanders stunned. Echoes from that collision are …(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Left: The accident scene on May 13, 2015 in front of Flying J Travel Center, as firefighters (foreground) tried to save the life of Kristina Foss Fort. She crashed an ambulance into an 18-wheel truck driven by Nelson Martinez. Firefighters are seen in the background climbing into the truck’s cab to check on the condition of Martinez, who is said to have been killed instantly.

At the scene minutes after the impact in front of Flying J, as emergency crews tried to save the two drivers

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This is part of the April 15, 2016 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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