an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper interrupted an elderly patient's hospital run and choked the paramedic on duty in the ambulance
is taking an elderly woman, who had collapsed, to the hospital
Trooper Daniel Martin, who was responding to a stolen car report, came up behind the ambulance on a two-lane country road
a car is on the right-hand shoulder
as the highway patrol pulls up behind the ambulance, the medical unit must swing out to avoid colliding with the parked ca
After the ambulance gets past the parked vehicle, Franks slows and safely pulls over
Before the encounter is over, Martin has assaulted the paramedic, frightened the patient, and created a neighborhood scene that is so unprofessional that it's just about unbelievable. Enraged, he calls for backup, repeatedly threatens the unit's operators, curses, chokes and slams White up against the ambulance several times--an action the patient later said rocked the unit, frightening her.
clipped from: www.examiner.com 