
Gentz also worked with American Medical Response, which provides medical transport services such as ambulances. On her Facebook page, Gentz had noted that she started with Aeromedevac in February and previously had worked with another air ambulance company. “President Gentz will be greatly missed by all who knew her and all who benefit from her selfless contributions to organized labor in the Greater San Diego area,” the post reads. of EMTs and Paramedics, which said Gentz was the president of a local chapter.

Gentz was identified in a Facebook post by the International Assn. Her page also includes several pictures of her with her husband and three daughters, the most recent posted a day before the deadly crash. Ward’s Facebook page said she had joined Aeromedevac Air Ambulance as a flight nurse in August and had worked as an emergency room nurse at Palomar Pomerado Health in northern San Diego County. He said the Ward family was surrounded by support and had asked for privacy. “Tina was well known within the department and words can’t convey the hurt and loss the family and many of us feel,” Parsons wrote.


Ward, one of the flight nurses, was the wife of recently retired Oceanside Deputy Fire Chief Joe Ward, according to an Instagram post Tuesday from the union that represents Oceanside Fire Department members.Īcting Oceanside Fire Chief David Parsons sent a message to other fire chiefs in the region confirming the death and saying that the “greater Oceanside Fire Department family has experienced a terrible loss.” Two crew members and two passengers were killed in the El Cajon crash Monday evening. California Learjet attempted difficult approach at low altitude before deadly crash, records show
