Ambulance Runs Over Man Before Speeding Off Leading to His Death. Family Demands Justice.
A West Virginia man died after a Kanawha County ambulance struck him and kept going in the early morning hours of April 16th, according to authorities and surveillance footage obtained by ABC 8.
According to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, two female EMS workers with the Kanawha County first noticed a suspicious person near their detachment around 2 a.m. They thought the man, later identified as Lucas, was armed with a knife and wearing what looked like a bathrobe but turned out to be a trench coat. Worried for their safety, they left the area.
As the ambulance traveled along Lucas allegedly ran out from beside a building and leaped onto the hood while still believed to be armed. The crew sped off and Lucas fell off the vehicle. They then called Metro 911. Deputies located Lucas in critical condition on U.S. Route 119.
Radio traffic picked up by dispatchers captured the crew reporting screams coming from under the ambulance at one point. Dispatchers told them to stop, but the vehicle kept moving for nearly two miles before it finally pulled over. The sheriff’s office says the incident remains under active investigation.
The two EMS workers are on administrative leave. The Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority said it will carry out an internal review once the sheriff’s office and prosecutors finish their work. Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Debra Rusnak noted that a thorough investigation is underway with the medical examiner’s office involved.
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