(RALEIGH COUNTY) Jan-Care Ambulance Service is mourning the loss of two of its employees today.

According to Jan-Care Director of Operations, Paul Seaman, 23-year-old Brittany Lachelle Young of Glen Jean and 35-year-old Ronald Douglas Dick II of Shady Spring were in the ambulance at the time of the crash. Young, and Dick were returning back to Raleigh County after completing a transport to Morgantown, West Virginia.

Investigators revealed that the ambulance collided with the back of a tractor trailer, that was parked in the right truck lane for reasons unknown. No one was injured inside the tractor trailer.

The accident occurred in Nicholas County around 8 am Saturday morning on route 19. Both team members were pronounced deceased on scene. Seaman released this statement on behalf of Jan-Care.

“We just want to send our most thoughtful condolences out to the families of two of our employees who tragically lost their lives this morning. We appreciate all of the hard work and professionalism demonstrated by all of those on the scene. We are still working with the families and with investigation to see what happened during the situation. Our members live their lives giving for others and this is just one of those situations where things didn’t work out as we had hoped for them,” Jan-Care Director of Operations, Paul Seaman said.

WVVA will release more details as this story develops.