Name: Yadira Arroyo
Rank: EMT
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Years of Service: 14
Date of Incident: 03/16/2017
Time of Incident: 1910hrs
Date of Death: 03/16/2017
Fire Department: FDNY EMS Station House 26
Address: 1264 Boston Rd., Bronx, New York 10456
Incident Description: FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo, 44, was assigned to Station 26 in the Bronx and bravely served the Department for 14 years. EMT Arroyo was critically injured while responding to a medical call in the Bronx when an individual seized control of her ambulance and struck her. She was transported to Jacobi Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries. She is the 8th member of FDNY EMS to die in the line of duty, and the 1146th member of the Department to make the Supreme Sacrifice while serving our city.
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