Family heartbroken after young EMT killed on the job in wrong-way I-464 crash

Loved ones of a 22-year-old EMT — one of three people who recently died in a horrific crash on I-464 — is being remembered by her loved ones as a courageous, compassionate young woman dedicated to helping others.

On Sunday, Skye Oraczewski from Elizabeth City was in an ambulance with her co-worker, a family friend tells News 3. She was eager to learn after officially becoming an EMT back in June.

However, tragedy unfolded around 2:30 a.m. when police say the ambulance was hit head-on by a sedan driving the wrong way in the southbound lanes near Exit 2 at Military Highway. The impact caused both vehicles to catch fire…

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