FAIRBURN, Ga — The family of a man who was killed when an ambulance crashed has sued the ambulance company, the driver and the other ambulance worker.
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Wilton Thomason, 66, was killed when the ambulance flipped over. Police said he wasn’t restrained.
The driver, Kevin McCorvey, 34, tried to leave the scene in an Uber, according to police. Police said McCorvey smelled of alcohol and an open container of beer was found in the ambulance.
“The report indicates he also admitted to smoking marijuana recently,” said Sgt. Anthony Bazydlo with the Fairburn Police Department.
In addition, police said McCorvey admitted he had been taking the stimulant Adderall on top of the alcohol and pot. He was charged with DUI.
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The lawsuit, filed by Thomason’s children, Terrance and Traci, names McCorvey and Emily Sneed, the other worker in the ambulance, as well as PrimeCare Ambulance Service LLC, the ambulance company. The suit is seeking damages from the company, claiming it was negligent in McCorvey and Sneed’s hiring, training and employment, and from the workers for wrongful death.
Channel 2 Action News is reaching out to the company and ambulance workers.
“You’re arresting someone for DUI who was operating an ambulance in a roll over accident that killed my dad? It’s hard to understand how this happened,” Terrance Thomason said.
The elder Thomason was being transported home following a dialysis treatment.
His children said that he had recovered from prior heart attacks, pneumonia and COVID-19, but lost his life during a short ambulance ride.
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“I was hysterical. Negligence just adds a whole different layer of emotion that wasn’t there before, when you thought it was just an accident,” Traci Thomason said.
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