Minnesota Paramedic Died in the Line of Duty
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Crosby, MN (KROC-AM News) - A procession of law enforcement and emergency vehicles from across Minnesota participated in a procession Thursday evening that accompanied the hearse transporting the body of a central Minnesota paramedic who died in the line of duty Wednesday night.
Officials in Mille Lacs County say 47-year-old Toby Rowan, who served as a paramedic for the Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia, collapsed after he and other emergency responders were called to the scene of a medical emergency. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful and both Rowan and the original patient died.
State Patrol: Speeding driver fatally strikes woman in gas station parking lot near Mille Lacs Lake
The woman was leaving the store when she was struck.
Author:
Per the crash report:
A 69-year-old Isle, Minnesota, woman was driving a Chevy Silverado just before 6:30 p.m. at a high rate of speed through the Super Stop parking lot off of Highway 169 in South Harbor Township, Mille Lacs County, when she struck a woman who was leaving the store.
The victim, 72-year-old Gloria M. Rosekrans, of Brainerd, suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene, the State Patrol said.
The driver and two 12-year-old children who were in the Silverado all sustained non-critical injuries and were taken to Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia for care.
A central Minnesota paramedic collapsed and died Wednesday night while on duty.
Toby Rowan had just finished responding to a medical call for the Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia and was still on the scene when he collapsed, according to a statement from the Mille Lacs County Sheriff s Office.
Sheriff s deputies and other paramedics who had responded to the call attempted to revive Rowan, but were unsuccessful.
The patient who Rowan was trying to save also died, the sheriff s office said.
Rowan had worked for the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center (CRMC) for the past five years. His wife, Darcy, is a nurse at the hospital, which is located in Crosby.