Walz orders flags at half-staff in honor of paramedic who died on duty
By FOX 9 Staff
Toby Rowan, a paramedic, suffered a medical incident at the scene of a call and passed away.
(Cuyuna Medical Center)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Governor Tim Walz is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff at federal and state government buildings on Thursday in honor of a Minnesota paramedic who died while on duty last week.
Toby Rowan was responding to a medical call when he collapsed at the scene and later passed away, according to the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office. Rowan worked as a paramedic for the Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia and Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby.