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Year Honored
1999
Honoree
Billy D. Johnson
Agency
Lifeline Ambulance Service
Agency City
Bypro
Agency State
Kentucky
Last Call
12/7/1991
Cause of Death
Ambulance Crash
Biography
Billy Dean Johnson, 40 years old, of Weeksbury, lost his life while helping others on December 7, 1991. He worked as a paramedic for Lifeline Ambulance Service in Bypro, Kentucky.Johnson was caring for a dialysis patient in the back of the ambulance. The ambulance was headed east on Kentucky 122 when it crossed over the lane to pass a car and collided with a van. Two people were killed and five others were injured.He is survived by his wife, Linda Burke Johnson, his children, and a sister, Judy McDonald.Honored 1999