Burns’ bill honoring local paramedic passes House
Legislation would name bridge on Route 219 after first responder Janice Keen-Livingston
Rep. Frank Burns March 16, 2021 | 4:20 PM
HARRISBURG, March 16 – A bill by Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambria, honoring a local first responder who was killed in the line of duty unanimously passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives today.
“Since taking office I have made a point of honoring local people for their service to their communities, state and nation,” Burns said. “I’m proud to continue that tradition with this legislation and honor the sacrifice of a first responder who lost her life in the line of duty.”
Burn’s H.B. 153, which now heads to the Senate for consideration, would designate a bridge on U.S. Route 219 over Pa. Route 53 in Croyle Township as the Janice Keen-Livingston First Responders' Memorial Bridge.
Keen-Livingston, a native of Johnstown, served as a paramedic, supervisor and training officer for the West End Ambulance Service. She also served as a part-time paramedic for the Hilltop Ambulance Association, Menoher Heights Volunteer Fire Co. and the Conemaugh Township EMS, and as a CPR instructor and member of the Lower Yoder Volunteer Fire Co.
On March 2, 2015, at age 38, Keen-Livingston was struck and killed by a truck while responding at the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Route 271 in Upper Yoder Township.