Calgary paramedic injured in SW hit and run

By 660 NEWS Staff

Posted Jan 23, 2019 12:04 am.

Last Updated Jan 23, 2019 12:10 am.

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CALGARY (660 NEWS) – A Calgary paramedic has been sent to hospital with minor injuries after a hit and run on Tuesday night in the southwest.

According to police, EMS was tending to a patient around 9:15 p.m. on Hillgrove Drive in the community of Haysboro when a passing vehicle struck one of the paramedics loading a patient into an ambulance.

Police say the vehicle initially left the scene but was located a short time later parked in a driveway down the street and the driver arrested.

Charges are pending.

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