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Canadian paramedic who tried to save crash victim learns it was her daughter

Jayme Erickson, left, is comforted by her husband, Sean Erickson, centre, and friends as she speaks to the media in Airdrie, Alberta
Jayme Erickson, left, is comforted by her husband, Sean Erickson, centre, and friends as she speaks to the media in Airdrie, Alberta. Photograph: Canadian Press/Rex/Shutterstock

A Canadian paramedic who responded to a road crash last week and worked to help a teenage casualty was unknowingly treating her own daughter.

When Jayme Erickson arrived at the scene of the crash on an icy stretch of Alberta highway on 15 November, she found a teenage girl with severe injuries that Erickson knew were probably fatal. Owing to the severity of the girl’s injuries, Erickson could not recognise her.

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