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Parents of Paramedic Alice Clark Receive Elizabeth Emblem at Number 10

The presentation follows legal and inquest findings that clarified responsibility for the 2022 crash.

Overview

  • Gill and Graeme Clark joined other families at Number 10, where they met Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones during the latest round of Elizabeth Emblem presentations.
  • Alice Clark, 21, died on 5 January 2022 during an emergency shift when the ambulance she was in collided with a cement lorry on the A21 near Sevenoaks, Kent.
  • The paramedic who was driving the ambulance pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
  • A coroner ruled that South East Coast Ambulance Service failed to properly investigate prior complaints about the driver before the crash.
  • The Elizabeth Emblem, created in 2024 as the civilian counterpart to the Elizabeth Cross, named 53 recipients in the newly published third list.