The two volunteer emergency medics who were hit by a truck on the Beltway while attending to an earlier accident have been released from Suburban Hospital in Bethesda.
Tom Schryver, 26, and Sydney Marshall, 20, were released from the hospital on Saturday, according to Glen Echo Fire Department President John Witherspoon, Jr.
Schryver and Marshall were attending to victims of an inner loop wreck near River Road just after midnight on Feb. 15. The two were with the victims of the first crash on the highway’s right shoulder when the driver of a pick-up truck apparently lost control, slid across two lanes and into a car and the two volunteers.
Both suffered serious injuries. Schryver is recuperating at his parents’ home and Marshall has moved to a rehabilitation facility, according to a Facebook post from Witherspoon.
Meghan Quinn and Wyatt Smith, the two EMTs at the scene who were not hit by the truck, “are slowly returning to their routines,” Witherspoon wrote.
Smith has begun taking calls again while Quinn hopes to do the same soon.
Witherspoon said the investigation into the accident is expected to take about a month to complete. Maryland State Police said last week they had not determined a cause for why the truck, driven by a 34-year-old Clarksburg man, suddenly slammed into the initial accident scene on the shoulder.
“Tom, Sydney, Meghan, and Wyatt are grateful for the many offers of financial support they have received. However, they are uncomfortable accepting money given that they were injured while participating in volunteer service to the community,” Witherspoon wrote.
Notes, cards and other messages can be sent to the crew at the Glen Echo Fire Department: 5920 Massachusetts Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20816.
Via John Witherspoon/Facebook
