Accident Kills Two Jan Care Employees

By
Kassie Simmons
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NICHOLAS COUNTY, W.VA. (WOAY) Two families and Raleigh County’s Jan Care are mourning after two EMTs were killed in a car accident Saturday morning.

The accident happened on route 19 near Powell’s Mountain just before 8 am when the ambulance crashed into the back of an 18-wheeler.

West Virginia State Police and the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene where they found 25-year-old Brittany Young and 35-year-old Ronald Dick dead on arrival. The two people in the tractor trailer were unharmed.

The exact cause of the accident is unclear, but it appears the ambulance struck the back of the 18-wheeler while it was parked in the truck lane. The incident is still under investigation.

Jan Care Ambulance, Birch River and Summersville Volunteer Fire Departments also responded to the accident.

Kassie Simmons
Kassie Simmons
Kassie Simmons joined the team in January 2019 as a weekend journalist. She graduated from Virginia Tech in just two and a half years with a BA in multimedia journalism. During her short time at Virginia Tech, she served as the editor for the university’s chapter of The Tab. Kassie was named the top reporter for The Tab at Virginia Tech on multiple occasions and made the list for the top 30 reporters for The Tab in the U.S. She also studied theater performance and minored in creative writing. Before coming to WOAY, Kassie interned at WSLS in Roanoke and the Tidewater Review in her hometown of West Point, Va. She has loved following breaking news since her childhood and has a passion for delivering the stories people care most about. Kassie is excited to be working in Southern West Virginia and looks forward to all the adventures ahead of her. You can follow her on Twitter at @KassieLSimmons and like her page on Facebook. If you have a story you think she should check out, send her an email at ksimmons@woay.com.