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Photo of the Week: Del. EMS responds to grandma runover by a reindeer

A little holiday humor from the Kent County Department of Public Safety

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Kent County Department of Public Safety/Facebook

By EMS1 Staff

KENT COUNTY, Del. — The Kent County Department of Public Safety shared a humorous Facebook post featuring paramedics attending a “granma” struck by a “reindeer”.

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