Amblance rams Semi tractor trailer ...Crash 2 Killed

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A nurse once named a "Hospital Hero" was one of two people killed Thursday when a Carroll County ambulance collided with a semitrailer truck.

The crash occurred shortly before 11:30 a.m. on U.S. Highway 30 in western Boone County.

Nurse Sheryl Stoolman, 53, who worked in the emergency room at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, died in the crash.
Patient Norbert Hoffman, 75, of Carroll also was killed. The ambulance was taking Hoffman to a Des Moines hospital from St. Anthony.
Two other people - both in the ambulance - were injured in the crash.
According to a report by the Iowa State Patrol, the semi, driven by Dennis Good, 49, of Ogden, was headed east in the left lane when Good attempted to turn north at B Avenue off Highway 30. When Good saw the ambulance approaching, he attempted to switch to the right lane to avoid a collision, but the ambulance also switched to the right lane and hit the back of the trailer, the report said.
St. Anthony President Gary Riedmann said the hospital first had tried to move Hoffman via Life Flight helicopter, but could not, apparently because of the weather.
Highway 30 was closed until about 4:45 p.m. while investigators from the State Patrol examined the scene and cleared off the road.
Paramedic Wendy Baker was injured in the crash and was taken by ambulance to Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson. A woman who answered the phone at the hospital would not give any information about her condition.
Ambulance driver Robert Genzen, 46, of Manning also was injured, and was taken to Mercy Medical Center. He was in serious condition Thursday evening.Good was not injured.

Stoolman was a 26-year employee of St. Anthony, and one of 12 recipients of the first "Hospital Hero" award from the Iowa Hospital Association in 2007.

A news release from St. Anthony about the award said she secured a nomination because of her services as a trauma nursing educator and organ donation program leader and work with the Carroll County Ambulance Service.
"Everybody here loved her," said Bill Fish, the director of the service. "She was an extremely valuable member of our service."

Riedmann called her a role model at the hospital. "She was an exceptional, kind, gentle, professional nurse," he said.