A Burnet Fire Department ambulance rear-ended a semi Friday evening.
The Burnet Fire Department has identified the paramedic driving the ambulance was firefighter and EMT Daniel Hampton. Hampton died as a result as his injuries.
Hampton was a two year veteran of the Burnet Fire Department and is survived by his spouse and four children.
The accident happened at around 9:09 p.m. at 19685 West SH 29, close to the border of Williamson and Burnet counties.
The crash caused a gas leak, shutting down the highway.
The patient being transported in the ambulance during the crash and the paramedic’s partner were transported to a local trauma center for treatment.
Authorities opened the highway sometime after 2 a.m. “There’s not another training facility with a live burn room like this anywhere in the state,” said San Francisco Fire Department training Capt. Jeff Columbini. “It’s like a movie set, and we make the fire feel real. We can simulate every kind of call we could possibly get, from a burning house to a high-rise fire, and that’s what makes this facility so important. We do not want to lose this place.”