Medic Dragged by Drunk Driver

[Dustdevil]

http://www.ems1.com/ambulances-emergency-vehicles/articles/805173-Drunk-driver-drags-Calif-medic-along-road/

April 08, 2010

'Drunk driver' drags Calif. medic along road

EMS personnel spoke to driver through window; dragged as he rapidly accelerated

KERO.com

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Bakersfield Police Department said a man has been arrested on drunken driving charges after he hit and dragged an ambulance driver before returning home.

Around 5 a.m. on Thursday, officers of the BPD responded to the 2300 block of Chester Avenue regarding a collision.

The investigation revealed that an on-duty Hall Ambulance crew located a white GMC Sierra pick up facing the wrong direction on Chester Avenue with the driver slumped over at the wheel.

The ambulance crew attempted to contact the driver, John Edward Gombos, 21, because they feared he was having some type of medical condition.

The crew observed that Gombos appeared to be under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and called for police.

As one member of the ambulance crew was speaking to Gombos at his driver’s window, Gombos rapidly accelerated in an attempt to flee, Sgt. Mary DeGeare said.

The ambulance driver, a 49-year-old woman, feared she was going to be run over by Gombos vehicle, so she grabbed onto the window frame and was dragged until she fell from the vehicle striking her head on the roadway, DeGeare said.

Gombos fled to his home where he was located and subsequently arrested on charges of DUI causing injury and hit and run causing injury.

The ambulance driver was transported to an area hospital suffering from a head injury.

I can't figure out how he drove the ambulance and leaned into the drunk's car at the same time.

Regardless, scene safety FAIL!

[Siffaliss]

I guess if she was just an 'ambulance driver' she had no formal training, so wouldn't have known what to do anyhow ...