A paramedic who admitted causing the death of his colleague after the ambulance he was driving crashed into a cement lorry has been spared jail. Alice Clark, 21, had been working in the role for two months before the tragic incident in January 2022. Two years later, in January 2024, Edward Riding, also known as Zeke, pleaded guilty to causing her death by driving carelessly on the A21. Today, Judge Julian Smith sentenced Riding to nine months in prison, suspended for 18 months. Maidstone Crown Court heard how 45-year-old Riding, of Kemps Farm Road, Crowborough, was responding to an emergency w…
