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Dead Indian American woman was to go to medical school
New York, July 28 (IANS) A New Jersey-based Indian
American woman emergency health worker, who died when a car slammed into
her ambulance on July 25, was all set to go to medical school from July
27, media reports said.
Hinal Patel, 22, a medical student at Rutgers University, New Jersey, was cremated on Tuesday.
Patel's
family said she wanted to be a doctor or a physician assistant and was
set to got to medical school from July 27, Dayton Daily News newspaper
reported.
Patel's family and friends remembered her at the
funeral in New Brunswick attended by emergency responders from across
the state.
"She was the most amazing person I ever knew. She has
saved thousands and thousands of people..I just wish someone had a
chance to help her," her friend Bianca Patel was quoted as saying.
Hinal's brother Neel said she really loved medicine and was truly passionate about the job.
"Patel
and the her ambulance's driver, Mark Seube, were responding to a call
when they came through the intersection and were struck by a Toyota
vehicle sending their spinning vehicle careening into another car," East
Brunswick policeman Lt. Kevin F. Zebro was was quoted as saying.
"This
resulted in her death while the drivers of the ambulance and Toyota
vehicle sustained non-life threatening injuries," he added.
Police
have not arrested or charged anyone in the fatal accident. Patel was
working as an emergency health worker for the North Stelton Volunteer
Fire Company since September 2012.
"Hinal was a very smart, dedicated member of our family and she will be greatly missed," a company statement read.