Paramedic, biker killed when car runs into wreck scene

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COLUMBIA (AP) — A paramedic and the motorcyclist he was trying to help after a wreck were killed when a car drove into the scene of emergency responders to the crash on a South Carolina highway Tuesday night, a sheriff said.
Four people in all were struck as the car crossed into the crash scene in Florence from the other lanes of traffic, including a state trooper and a Florence police officer, authorities said.
The first responders were helping after two motorcyclists were severely injured in a crash around 9 p.m. on state Highway 51 near Florence, The officers and paramedics had little time to respond as the car came toward them, Florence County Sheriff TJ Joye said.
"The city police officer pushed the trooper out of the way," the sheriff said. The police officer appeared to suffer a broken ankle and the trooper suffered a head injury, but both are expected to recover, Joye said.
The driver who hit the people was taken to a hospital. Investigators said she appeared to be elderly. The sheriff did not release her name or condition.
"Why she plowed through there, I have no idea," Joye said.
The paramedic killed was Sara Kinsey Weaver, 32, and the motorcyclist who died was Cedric Antonio Gregg, 37, Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken said.
A crash reconstruction team out of Myrtle Beach is helping his department's investigation. Deputies will review the team's findings and consult with prosecutors to see if any charges should be filed, the sheriff said.
Florence County Emergency Medical Services said its people are "heartbroken and overwhelmed by grief" by the deaths, according to a post on the agency's Facebook page.