Paramedic who saw colleague die settles case

A paramedic who sued for nervous shock after witnessing the death of his colleague who fell out of a moving ambulance has settled his High Court action.

PJ Cahill was driving an ambulance which was transporting a patient from Co Cavan to Dublin when his friend, father of six Simon Sexton, fell out the ambulance side door and died.

Mr Cahill, aged 50, from Kilnagarbet, Stradone, Co Cavan, had sued his employers, the HSE, and the German manufacturer of the ambulance, Wietmarscher Ambulanz Und Sonderf Ahrzeug, for nervous shock after witnessing the accident on June 2, 2010.