Richard Zuschlag, who built Acadian Ambulance service into powerhouse, dies at 76

Richard Zuschlag, a Pennsylvania native who moved to Lafayette in 1970 and a year later started a company with two ambulances that he grew into the country’s largest privately held medical transportation company, died early Wednesday. He was 76 and died in Lafayette from complications following cancer treatment. Zuschlag was a hard-driving executive who, with two co-founders, built Acadian Ambu...

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