A paramedic mum who responded to a fatal crash in Canada involving her only child has remembered the teen as a “fighter” and a “beautiful” person.
On November 15, Jayme Erickson was called to a crash at Airdrie, a city in Alberta, where unbeknownst to her one the passengers was her own 17-year-old daughter Montana.
Due to the severity of Montana’s injuries, Jayme was unaware she was responding to her only child for more than 20 minutes before emergency personnel arrived to transport the teen to hospital.
She died from her injuries three days later.
“She was a fighter and she fought until the day that she died,” Jayme said in a media conference on Tuesday.
“And she was beautiful, she was so beautiful.
“Every first responder can relate to the pain that we’re feeling.
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“Nobody wants to go through anything like this and I just want my baby girl’s memory to live on, and I want everybody to know how much she meant to us and how much she means to all my co-workers.”
Family say that Montana, a “funny girl” who “fiercely loved her friends and family”, was also a talented competitive swimmer who had dreams of becoming a lawyer.
Despite the incompressible tragedy, the fact that Montana was an organ donor has meant life for two lucky recipients.
“Montana was able to give one last gift and she was able to donate her organs,” a teary Jayme said.
“Of her organs, two of them that were donated were life-saving and we’re so happy to know that our baby girl is living on through others . . . In the wake of this tragedy, she has saved other people.
“We know it’s what she would have wanted and we are so proud of her.”
