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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Erin Keller

Grandfather killed by ambulance after he pulled over to help his stranded grandson on Georgia highway

A Georgia grandfather who pulled over to help his stranded teenage grandson on a highway in Oconee County was killed, and the teen was seriously injured, after an ambulance hit them and pinned both beneath the vehicle Sunday night.

John Carter Martin had stopped his maroon Ford F-150 to help his grandson, Connor Lee Schoon, 17, whose Toyota Camry had broken down in the westbound lanes of Atlanta Highway near Whitehead Road around 9:50 p.m., according to the Georgia State Patrol, 11 Alive reported.

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