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Tributes to driver killed in ambulance crash

Tributes have been paid to an ambulance driver killed in a crash with another ambulance in Pwllheli.

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Ambulance driver had heart attack at the wheel

An ambulance driver whose vehicle was in a crash with another ambulance died at the wheel from a heart attack a post-mortem examination has found.

John Clift had served as a firefighter before joining the ambulance service. Credit: North Wales Police / Family Photo

John Clift died last week on the A499 at Y Ffor, near Pwllheli. Today it was confirmed the 54-year-old's death was due to natural causes.

Mr Clift, a former part-time fireman at Pwllheli, was driving a patient care ambulance when it was in collision with an emergency response vehicle.

In a tribute at the time Welsh ambulance chief executive Tracy Myhill said in a message to staff : ”It’s impossible to put into words the sadness this bring us all.”

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