CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — A teacher at Pulaski Technical College is dead after he was struck by an ambulance when he stopped to help an injured animal.
Johnny Dollar, who taught history and religion at the North Little Rock school, was killed Saturday night on U.S. 65 north of Conway after he stopped his car and got out, according to a friend, Danny Martin.
The ambulance was operated by Metropolitan Emergency Medical Service, or MEMS, based at Little Rock. MEMS Executive Director John Swanson issued a statement saying Dollar's death was a tragedy. "Our prayers and our thoughts are with the family," the statement said.
Swanson said the driver of the ambulance was a three-year MEMS employee in his early 40s who had "no issues with his driving that I can recall." MEMS said it was investigating the matter.
Swanson said it was the first fatality involving an ambulance in his 11 years with MEMS.
