Former OKC Ambulance Driver Receives 7-Year Suspended Sentence After Deadly 2017 Crash

A former Oklahoma City ambulance driver has received a seven-year suspended sentence under the supervision of the Department of Corrections after a deadly crash in 2017.

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Investigators said Matthew Erickson was speeding and driving erratically when he crashed while driving an ambulance in August of 2017.

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The crash killed a patient, Carolyn Koch, and injured another medic.

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Erickson was charged with manslaughter in 2019.