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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nashville police have concluded that the driver of an ambulance that ran into the back of a state roadside assistance truck was at fault for the Interstate 65 wreck that killed two.
A report released Monday and obtained by WTVF-TV said police aren't sure why ambulance driver David Cline ran off the highway and into the roadside assistance truck parked in an interstate emergency lane on Oct. 22.
The investigation found that Cline, who died in the wreck along with an elderly patient in the ambulance, had been diagnosed with epilepsy and the sleep disorder narcolepsy.
The 36-year-old Cline was a Franklin firefighter who was also working as an ambulance driver for a private company, Rural/Metro. The wreck also injured another paramedic in the ambulance.
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Information from: WTVF-TV, http://www.newschannel5.com
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