[Scan-DC] Alexandria Fire Dept Paramedic Dies

[Matt Stevens]

SHIRLINGTON, Va. (WUSA) - An Alexandria paramedic who fell from a cement
barrier along Interstate 395 on Wednesday night has died, according to the
Alexandria Fire Department.

Joshua Weissman who suffered a severe head injury in the fall, died at 4:25
p.m. Thursday. Weismann had been responding to a car fire near South Glebe
Road in Shirlington when he fell into a rocky creek below the interstate.
Virginia State Police says Wednesday night, it received calls of two
separate incidents at Interstate 395 near South Glebe Road at the
Alexandria-Arlington County line. One call involved a three-vehicle crash
in the northbound lanes of I-395 while the other call involved a vehicle
fire in the HOV lane, open to southbound traffic.
According to Virginia State Police, the Alexandria Fire Department
responded to the scene of the car fire. Their ambulance stopped in the
northbound lanes of I-395 along the HOV lanes to get to the vehicle. State
police say separating the I-395 lanes from the HOV lanes are two cement
barriers with a three-foot gap in between. There is no pavement between the
two barriers, say police, much like other locations in that area.

http://wusa9.com/news/article/189631/44/Paramedic-Dies-After-Fall-From-Overpass

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