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Teen's Family Sues Ambulance Company For Crash

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) ― The parents of a teenager killed in a collision with an ambulance are suing the driver and the company that employed him.

The parents of 16-year-old Hannah Boemker allege excessive speed and unsafe operation of the ambulance led to the crash two years ago. Police said driver Kevin Shepard did nothing wrong and was driving 41 mph in a 35 mph zone when he was responding with siren and lights on to a call of a structure fire that turned out to be smoke from a barbecue grill.

The Lafayette teenager was making a turn from a stop sign when the ambulance collided with her car on May 1, 2006.

The lawsuit filed last week by Dennis Boemker and Cyndie Bauer names Pridemark Paramedic Service and Shepard.

(© 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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