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Year Honored
1996
Honoree
Edwin R Sorrells, Jr.
Agency
Greenville County EMS
Agency City
Greenville
Agency State
SC
Last Call
5/22/90
Cause of Death
Ambulance Involved MVC
Biography
Paramedic Edwin Sorrells died on May 22, 1990, responding to an emergency medical call.<br /> <br /> As vehicles were pulling to the side of the road to allow Edwin's ambulance to pass, a tractor trailer went out of control when the driver attempted to avoid the vehicles on the side of the road.<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, the tractor trailer hit Edwin's ambulance head-on, killing him. Edwin was survived by his wife, Lisa, and son, Joshua Michael.<br /> <br /> Honored 1996