On December 17, 2016, Charles “Vachel” McMahan, a paramedic supervisor with Tri-State Ambulance, was transporting a patient from Wheeling, West Virginia, to Cambridge, Ohio, with a crew of four.
Near Cambridge, the ambulance encountered black ice causing it to lose control and roll several times. Both McMahan and the patient were killed.
McMahan started working for Tri-State Ambulance in 2013 and had recently been made division manager. He was loyal. compassionate, and generous. His strong hand, kind demeanor, talent, skills, and smile will be missed by all.
I was honored to know this man! You couldn’t find a more honorable, caring and sincere young man!
I miss you buddy, There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about you or remember your rants raves and crazy songs. You touched THOUSANDS of lives and left a legacy to remember. I love you bud.
Vachel was one great guy from the time I met him when I was a little girl to adult hood he had a voice of a Angele when him and the boys would get together and sing play music to him and Clayton watching game shows and knowing every problem before the person would push the button, to high school band , playing cards to watching movies like star wars to lissioning to Garth Brooks, but when I got sick and called for help he was the first EMT on sight and u new everything was going to be all right, to his his daughter being born what a wonderful dad he was to the very end he died doing what he loved best trying to save someone make me feel happy and sad at the same time he was called to soon but there is a greater God who needed him more and I can bet u him and one of his best friends Clayton is up there making music
RIP V, you will not be forgotten! Thank you for your dedication and service!