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Year Honored
1996
Honoree
Colin S Spence
Agency
Consolidated Medical Transport
Agency City
Dolton
Agency State
IL
Last Call
6/17/95
Cause of Death
Ambulance Involved MVC
Biography
Colin was a newcomer to emergency medical services, an exceptional student, and caring EMS provider. He was accepted in the Malcolm X - Oakton Community College Paramedic program, achieved his license, and was working for Consolidated Medical Transport. A position with the Chicago Fire Department was Colin's ultimate goal.<br /> <br /> On June 17, 1995, Colin was riding in an ambulance responding to a call when the brakes on the ambulance failed. The ambulance struck a tractor trailer.<br /> <br /> Colin was transported to Christ Hospital Trauma Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois where he died of multiple injuries.<br /> <br /> He left behind his mother, Claire Outerbridge, father, Padraic T. Spence, two brothers, Paddy and Justin Spence and his fiance, Catherine Brickhill.<br /> <br /> Gregory Jankowski, Colin's friend and EMS instructor, said, "Colin always went beyond what was expected of him for the betterment of his patients. A true and loving person. I will miss him."<br /> <br /> Colin will be deeply missed by his family, friends and the entire Chicago E. M. S. community.<br /> <br /> Honored 1996