A Canadian paramedic who unknowingly treated her own daughter after a fatal vehicle crash brushed away tears as she remembered a beautiful girl who fought until the end.
Jayme Erickson was called to the crash north of Calgary on November 15 and sat with a seriously injured girl who was was extricated from the car and taken to hospital, where she died. She was unrecognisable because of her injuries.
It wasn’t until Erickson got home at the end of the day that she was met by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers, who told her the patient was her 17-year-old daughter, Montana.
Erickson shared her grief with reporters yesterday, describing her daughter as a success at everything she set her mind to, an avid swimmer who had aspirations of becoming a lawyer.
![Paramedic Jayme Erickson (centre) who was called to a crash last week and didn't know she was trying to save her own daughter because the injuries were too severe, is comforted by her husband Sean Erickson, as she speaks to the media in Airdrie, Alberta. Photo / AP](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/HPI6KYN3GFHUFNHV25P5VI3LA4.jpeg?auth=3daa440027e7704b36298e8fc909d1f7ce0ab6739d345e186d0701f69633cbbd&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)