Sleeping NY Firefighter Struck, Killed by Ambulance

A 22-year-old New York firefighter who was sleeping in front of an ambulance bay was struck and killed by a unit leaving to respond to a call early Sunday.

Port Jervis firefighter Nicholas McKeon was thought to have been sleeping in front of the bay door just before 6 a.m., the Times Herald-Record in Middletown reports. Police told the news outlet that the accident happened as a Port Jervis Volunteer Ambulance unit was leaving the building.

According to its website, the Port Jervis Volunteer Ambulance Corps "provides basic life support emergency medical services to not only the City of Port Jervis but also to the entire Town of Deerpark and, when requested, to our neighbors in Sullivan County (NY), Sussex County (NJ), & Pike County (PA)."