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March 27, 2008
Charleston native killed in South Carolina accident

Emily Salisbury was an excellent student, active in her church, and "just a very sweet girl," her former pastor, Frank Mansell, remembered Wednesday.

Salisbury, 22, of Charleston was killed Tuesday when her car was hit by a passing ambulance in Charleston, S.C.

Law enforcement officials said the accident happened in downtown Charleston, where Salisbury was a senior at the College of Charleston.

An ambulance headed to a medical call attempted to pass a line of stopped traffic just as Salisbury turned left into its path, said Charleston County Sheriff's Maj. John Clark.

Both vehicles were headed in the same direction, and the ambulance hit the driver's side door of her car, he said.

Salisbury was the only person in the car. The two EMS workers in the ambulance were not hurt, Clark said. The ambulance was not carrying a patient at the time.

Salisbury is the daughter of Howard and Patti Salisbury, and the granddaughter of George and Helen Singleton, all of Charleston. Her younger brother, David, attends West Virginia University.

Mansell, who retired in 2006 from Village Chapel Presbyterian Church in Kanawha City, knew Salisbury all her life.

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