SHIRLINGTON, Va. (WUSA) – An Alexandria paramedic is in critical condition and being treated for life-threatening injuries after he plunged from an overpass along I-395 in Shirlington while responding to a car fire near South Glebe Road on Wednesday night.
Alexandria Fire Department paramedic Joshua Weissman, 33, of Bristow, Va. exited a vehicle at the scene, left the roadway and fell from the interstate into Four Mile Run Creek, approximately 20 feet below the interstate. The creek is described as rocky.
Weissman, who is with the Seminary Road Station in Alexandria, was extricated from the creek and taken to Med Star with life threatening injuries. He is currently in critical condition at Washington Hospital Center.
The cause of the crash is unknown.
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