ROBERT W PROVOST
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 19-W: 28
Department: Burlington, Vermont, P.D.
End of Watch: January 13, 1954
Cause: PHYS
Age: 26
Years of Service: 2
Description: Patrolman Provost suffered a fatal heart attack after assisting two elderly patients. Patrolman Provost and his partner carried the first patient from her room on the first floor apartment and lifted her inside the ambulance. When they arrived at the hospital, the officers carried the patient from the ambulance and placed her in a bed. The officers were then called to assist an elderly man. After the officers lifted the man into the ambulance, Patrolman Provost collapsed at the wheel. Patrolman Provost was transported to the hospital where he died.
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