CASS COUNTY, Mo – Services are scheduled Tuesday, August 12, for Shelby Brandt, who was killed when a Vernon County Ambulance District unit slid on wet pavement on I-49 near Harrisonville and came to rest upside down late Wednesday night. It happened about 11:30 p.m., sending Vernon County Ambulance District employees Gavin Crocker, 25, Schell City, and Joshua W. Jeffries, 23, Nevada, to Research Medical Center. They were both listed in good condition this morning. Tuesday’s service begins at 10:00 a.m. at the Pentecostal Assembly Church, Nevada. (source: knemknmo.com)
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At approximately 11:30 Wednesday evening a Vernon County ambulance northbound on I-49 just north of Harrisonville lost control when the ambulance’s back end began sliding on wet pavement. The ambulance was transporting Shelby N. Brandt, 65 of Nevada to the Kansas City VA Medical Center.
The ambulance ran off the right side of the road, overturned and came to rest on its roof in a ditch. Brandt was pronounced dead at the scene and released to the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s office.
Joshua Jeffries, 23 from Nevada was in the back of the ambulance with the patient and suffered serious injuries. The driver, Gavin Crocker, 25 of Schell City suffered minor injuries. Both Jeffries and Crocker were transported to Research Hospital. Both work for the Vernon County Ambulance District.
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