A 27-year-old paramedic from North Carolina was killed on I-95 in Brevard County after stopping to help a driver who was hit and killed while exiting his vehicle after a crash, FHP says.
The Gaston County EMS department identified the paramedic as Mary Jolly.
Jolly is being hailed as a good Samaritan for stopping to help. The entire Gaston County EMS department is mourning her loss.
Mary was more than a colleague—she was family.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened shortly after midnight early Saturday on northbound I-95 just south of State Road 46.
Troopers say a 33-year-old Port St. Lucie man was driving a 2019 Chevy Impala when he moved from the center lane into the outside lane and struck a Volkswagen. Troopers say the impact sent the Volkswagen into a ditch as the Impala veered onto the inside shoulder and hit the concrete median and stopped inside the northbound lane.
FHP says the Impala driver stepped out of his vehicle moments before two northbound vehicles, a Hyundai Elantra and an Audi A4, approached in the inside lane. Both drivers reportedly swerved to avoid the wreck, but the Hyundai struck the disabled Impala and then hit the Port St. Lucie man, throwing him into the roadway, where he was struck again by the Audi.
According to state troopers, Jolly and her wife were driving on I-95 when this happened and stopped to help the injured driver.
After Jolly got out of her car, she was hit in the center lane by a Nissan Murano as both she and that driver attempted to avoid one another, according to FHP.
She was airlifted to the hospital and later died from her injuries.
FHP said all the drivers involved stayed on scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
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