Remembering Paramedic Matthew Smelser, One Year After He Was Killed While Responding To Roadside Accident

By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It was one year ago today that a local paramedic was killed while responding to a crash.
Matthew Smelser died after being hit by a tractor-trailer on a bridge along Interstate 70 in South Huntingdon after getting out of his ambulance to tend to an accident victim.
(Photo Credit: Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services Facebook)
The bridge where the crash happened was recently renamed in his honor.
Following his death, state lawmakers passed the &