Paramedic killed in fall from overpass

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An Alexandria Fire Department paramedic who fell from an Interstate 395 overpass has died, officials said.

Joshua Weissman, 33, of Bristow, was responding to a three-car crash and fire near South Glebe Road when he got out of his ambulance and fell about 20 feet into Four Mile Run creek, officials said. He suffered a severe head injury and was rushed to Washington Medical Center in critical condition. He was pronounced dead at 4:25 p.m. Thursday.

Weissman had been a firefighter for Alexandria since April 2006, officials said.