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Year Honored
2004
Honoree
William R Lawton
Agency
Hunters Ambulance Service
Agency City
Meriden
Agency State
CT
Last Call
9/3/89
Cause of Death
Ambulance Involved MVC
Biography
Ambulances and fire trucks lined the town of Middletown for the young man who so gallantly waited to become one of them. He worked hard from the age of 12 to work at his calling, that of a rescuer. His final action as an EMT in this town was a CPR call. The person survived his attack. What a way for a person who loved rescue work to say good-bye.<br /> <br /> William R. Lawton, 18, Killingworth, Connecticut was killed when the ambulance he was driving was involved in a fiery head-on collidion on September 2, 1989. The young EMT was part of a transport team that was returning a patient from a dialysis treatment when a pick-up truck rounded a curve on the wrong side of the road and into the path of the Hunter's Ambulance. Another team member was killed and a third was critically wounded.<br /> <br /> Bill was an employee of Hunters Ambulance Service as an EMT. He was a volunteer with Killingworth Ambulance as well as with Killingworth Volunteer Fire Company and Rescue. He was preparing himself to become a professional paramedic and firefighter.<br /> <br /> Honored 2004