--- description: A New York City emergency medical technician was killed on Thursday in the Bronx after a man stole the medic's ambulance and ran her over title: ‘She Was Dragged’: EMT Killed After Man Steals Ambulance and Runs Her Over image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c5ae8f15e298325/6988bed3fb4eac428e891274/bronx-emt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # ‘She Was Dragged’: EMT Killed After Man Steals Ambulance and Runs Her Over by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 17, 2017 3:37 PM CUT  This still image taken from video shows police at the scene where Yadira Arroyo, 44, an emergency medical technician has died after she was run over by a stolen ambulance on March 16, 2017, in the Bronx borough of New York. This still image taken from video shows police at the scene where Yadira Arroyo, 44, an emergency medical technician has died after she was run over by a stolen ambulance on March 16, 2017, in the Bronx borough of New York.WNYW FOX 5 NY—AP by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 17, 2017 3:37 PM CUT A [New York City](http://time.com/4688420/anti-semitic-hate-crimes-new-york-city/ "undefined") emergency medical technician was killed on Thursday after a man stole the medic’s ambulance and ran her over, according to [the New York _Daily News_](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ems-workers-injured-struck-ambulance-article-1.3000517 "undefined"). The EMT, Yadira Arroyo, a 44-year-old mother of five and 14-year veteran of the Fire Department of New York, was struck by 25-year-old Jose Gonzalez around 7:10 p.m. in the Bronx, [the _Daily News_](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ems-workers-injured-struck-ambulance-article-1.3000517 "undefined") reports. Gonzalez was reportedly riding on the back bumper of the ambulance when witnesses flagged down Arroyo and her partner, Monique Williams, 31. “He reversed so hard and she was dragged,” witness Anis Nagi, 40, said, according to the _Daily News._ “He ran over her and she went under the wheels.” Video of the scene shows Arroyo being dragged beneath the ambulance’s wheels for approximately 15 feet. She later died at the Bronx’s Jacobi Medical Center. Her partner, Williams, was treated for minor injuries, the _Daily News_ reports. New York City Mayor [Bill de Blasio](http://time.com/4504190/mayor-bill-de-blasio-stop-and-frisk-donald-trump/ "undefined") visited the hospital that evening, later saying that Arroyo was “lost in the line of duty, bravely doing her job, encountering the kind of danger our EMTs should not have to confront,” according to the _Daily News_. New York State Governor [Andrew Cuomo](http://motto.time.com/4655544/new-york-abortion-rights-constitution/ "undefined") [tweeted](https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/842565695804248064 "undefined"): “EMTs are heroes who help countless New Yorkers every day. Tonight’s tragedy in the Bronx is horrible. My deepest sympathies to the family.” Gonzalez was arrested by the New York Police Department and is charged with murder, grand larceny and driving while intoxicated. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4705128/new-york-city-bronx-emt-killed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4705128/new-york-city-bronx-emt-killed/"},"headline":"‘She Was Dragged’: EMT Killed After Man Steals Ambulance and Runs Her Over","datePublished":"2017-03-17T15:37:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:54:12.218Z","description":"Yadira Arroyo was a 14-year veteran of the Fire Department of New York","url":"https://time.com/4705128/new-york-city-bronx-emt-killed/","keywords":["Crime","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c5ae8f15e298325/6988bed3fb4eac428e891274/bronx-emt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c5ae8f15e298325/6988bed3fb4eac428e891274/bronx-emt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ambulance Driver Killed","caption":"Ambulance Driver Killed","creditText":"WNYW FOX 5 NY—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4705128/new-york-city-bronx-emt-killed/","name":"‘She Was Dragged’: EMT Killed After Man Steals Ambulance and Runs Her Over"}}]}] ```