Chris Doyle vaguely remembers being rolled into the ER at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center.

It's the same hospital where he, an EMT with a private ambulance company, routinely drops off and picks up patients.

Doyle, 22, was on the stretcher this time, bleeding badly from a crash at the corner of Virginia Avenue and 25th Street.

He doesn't remember anything from the wreck. 

"The last thing I remember from driving is us passing Indian River State College," he says.

Ft. Pierce Police are still investigating why an SUV driven by 63-year old Germaine Lindor slammed into the side of the ambulance.  Lindor died in the crash.

The SUV plowed into the passenger door, Doyle's side of the ambulance.  The impact spun him in the seat and mangled his left leg.

Trauma surgeons made the decision to amputate his leg from the knee down.

"Nobody would be really happy about having this happen, but I'm happy that I'm alive," he says.  "I've had a couple doctors tell me that I could have died."

Doyle hopes to become a paramedic, plans that may be put on hold for a while as he recovers. 

He wants to be fitted with a prosthetic and continue with his education.

Doyle wants to be the one responding to crashes.

"I've only had one lights and sirens call since I've been there and that was a lot of fun and I look forward to doing more of that on a regular basis maybe," he says, smiling.