The Wednesday death of a 78-year-old Forks Township man has been dragged into an ongoing battle between Forks EMS, Suburban EMS and township supervisors.

Last month, supervisors decided to split emergency medical services between Forks EMS, a basic life support unit, and Suburban EMS, an advanced life support unit.

Forks EMS officials, unhappy about the split, allege the patient died because Suburban didn’t arrive in time to save him. Forks EMS, which is based closer to the man’s Newlins Road West home, could have gotten to him two minutes faster than Suburban, they claim.

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