Heartbreaking tributes are flooding in after the 'sudden and tragic' death of a North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) paramedic, which has left an 'irreparable hole' across the emergency service.
Beloved husband and dad-of-two, Ben Lightburn, died on New Year's Day, NWAS has today (January 12) confirmed. Ben served in the Royal Navy before joining the ambulance service in 2014 as an emergency medical technician, later qualifying as a paramedic in 2021.
He worked across the Cheshire and Merseyside North sector, 'helping many communities in their time of need, showing immense care and compassion to all his patients', said NWAS. Ben was 'incredibly loved, so ridiculously smart and dedicated his life to the services'.
