Story highlights Slain FDNY emergency medical technician is a 14-year veteran, mayor saysA 25-year-old male suspect is in custody(CNN) A New York City Fire Department emergency medical technician was killed and a second was injured after a man stole their ambulance and struck them in the Bronx on Thursday, authorities said. "We lost a good woman," Mayor Bill de Blasio, addressing reporters at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, said of the 44 year-old woman who was fatally struck. On scene now at Jacobi Medical Center with @NYCMayor to get updates on two @FDNY EMTs injured while serving our city. pic.twitter.com/bbMycxv2OA — NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) March 17, 2017The second EMT, also a woman, suffered minor injuries in the incident which took place shortly after 7 p.m., de Blasio said. Nigro said the EMTs stopped the ambulance and got out to investigate near an intersection in the Morris Park section.

Source: CNN March 17, 2017 03:14 UTC