Edwardsville paramedic dies of COVID-19 complications on New Year s Day Cortlynn Stark, The Kansas City Star
Jan. 3 An Edwardsville paramedic died of COVID-19 complications on New Year s Day, the fire department said Saturday.
Jason Taylor had served the Edwardsville Fire Department for three years, the department posted on Facebook. We are saddened by the loss of Paramedic Taylor, Fire Chief Tim Whitham said in a statement. Jason served our city and our citizens with compassion and expertise; we will miss him dearly.
In a Facebook post, the City of Edwardsville Professional Firefighters Association wrote that Taylor loved helping others and photographing other firefighters.
Jason Taylor, a paramedic with the Edwardsville Fire Department, has died from complications due to COVID-19.
Taylor died on the morning of Jan. 1, according to a news release from the Edwardsville Fire Department.
“We are saddened by the loss of paramedic Taylor,” Fire Chief Tim Whitham said in a news release. “Jason served our city and our citizens with compassion and expertise; we will miss him dearly.”
Taylor served as a paramedic with the department for three years. He began his career in 1998 with Franklin County Emergency Medical Services, and served with the city of Bonner Springs for most of his career, before coming to Edwardsville.