POPULAR: Tributes have been paid to Jeremy Daw on social media. Pic. Facebook TRIBUTES have been paid to an ambulance technician who was killed when his vehicle was hit by an object. Jeremy Daw, affectionately known as Jack, had come out of retirement to work for West Midlands Ambulance Service during the pandemic, and died when the vehicle he was travelling in was hit while responding to a 999 call in Herefordshire on April 24. Since then, friends, family and former colleagues have paid tribute to the 66 year-old, who was described as a mentor to many. West Midlands Ambulance Service said on Twitter they do not believe the incident was malicious.
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An ambulance technician who died after an object pierced his vehicleâs windscreen in a âtragic accidentâ had returned to the frontline to help with the fight against Covid after retiring in 2020, it has emerged.
Jeremy Daw, known to friends as Jack, died on Saturday morning when his ambulance was struck by an object as he responded to a 999 call in Herefordshire, West Midlands ambulance service (WMAS) said.
The 66-year-old, who was in the front passenger seat at the time, had returned to the service in January, having retired as a paramedic last November, and was eight shifts away from retiring again.