Snowplow driver cleared way for ambulance during blizzard
November 30, 2018
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An ambulance crew is praising a Kansas snowplow driver who came to the rescue during the weekend blizzard.
The Kansas Department of Transportation said in a blog post that Concordia Hospital called Sunday because the crew was struggling to transport an emergency patient to the larger Salina Regional Health Center about 50 miles (about 80 kilometers) away. They requested a snow plow to lead the way down U.S. 81.
Brandon Bennett, of the Concordia Fire Department, said in a thank you note that the highway was a "sheet of ice."
Highway maintenance supervisor Clyde Thrush...
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