California Woman Dies After Jumping Out of Ambulance

  PLEASANTON, Calif. (KGO) -- It was a fatal pedestrian accident on the connector between two major interstates in the East Bay that started with a simple ambulance ride. It was a transport call, an ambulance ride for a patient from Valley Care Medical Center in Pleasanton to a psychiatric facilty in San Leandro, but it all changed when the patient became agitated and ended up, on foot, on connector ramp between Interstates 680 and 580. "The patient was being transported the patient got out of the ambulance," said California Highway Patrol Officer Josh Roberts, "And was walking in the traffic lanes." Pleasanton police say it's the same woman they detained early Monday morning for reckless driving and hitting a pedestrian and several cars in the area of 5300 Case Avenue. Read more at ABC7.
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: News Operations Source Type: news