This pretty much show how rude, impatient, and arogant a human being can be....

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...l=chi-news-hed

 

link took me to a log-in page..no story

 

Woman charged in paramedic road rage

By Jason Meisner
Tribune staff reporter
Published December 5, 2006, 5:12 AM CST


A 49-year-old woman was charged with battery this morning after police said she drove onto a sidewalk to get around an ambulance blocking a South Side street, then put her car into reverse with a paramedic's arm caught in her rolled-up window.

Athena Morris, of the 7900 block of South Ellis, was charged with aggravated battery, a felony, and cited for failing to carry her driver's license, reckless driving, criminal trespass to a vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident, police said.

The incident occurred about 2:15 p.m. Monday in the 8200 block of South Langley Avenue, Chicago police said in a statement.

"Paramedics were in the process of loading a patient into the ambulance when the offender attempted to drive around the ambulance onto the curb in the direction of the victims," the statement said.

Paramedics tried to stop her car by reaching inside and turning off the ignition, police said. But she rolled up her window, trapping a paramedic by his arm, and tried to drive away.

With the paramedic's arm still trapped, Morris put the car in reverse, striking several parked cars. She then got out and tried to run, but was arrested nearby, police said.

The paramedic sustained minor injuries but did not need hospital treatment. Morris was treated and released from Jackson Park Hospital.

Police said it was later discovered Morris was driving a rental car without authorization. Further details about the car or how Morris came into possession of it were not released this morning.

Morris was scheduled to appear for a bond hearing on the battery charge at 1 p.m. today at the Criminal Courts Building, police said. She was given a Jan. 2 court date for the traffic citations.

Tribune staff reporter Gerry Doyle contributed

 

as an EMT for 12 years...... i have wanted to kick people in the edit several times for pulling garbage but not like that ... she would have gotten a beatting IF i would have put my arm in the window in the first place. guess it depends on if i needed to protect the patient by doing so

 

goodness, how ignorant?

touch of lead behind her ear probably fix alot of her problems...

 

I cant even think of anything to say.. how pathetic a person is it to behave like that?

 

Sorry the link didnt's work too well. This was my thought exactly, and hopefully by posting this, we'll try to be a little more thoughtful in general.

 

Someone should have tasered her....................................twice.

 

I'm sorry but that's just the most immature, selfish, ignorant, stupid, idiotic thing I think I've ever seen. I know it ain't gonna happen but I hope she gets one heckuva a jail sentence.

 

Here in Alberta, a driver recently recieved a ticked for speeding to the tune of $600+ for not slowing down to 60 km per hour when passing an emergency vehicle or a tow truck on the highway. He was clocked at 110+ km, which was more than double the speed limit in this case, when he went by a police car that had another motorist pulled over on the side of the road.

 

the only hopefull reply in can give is that the illinois state troopers-and more so the cpd is cracking down much better to this stuff do to much needed road regs that were recently passsed concerning police, fire ,rescue, and construction workers

 

there are deffinately some crazy people out there...
the court/legal system has a few in it too.

If she has the right lawyer, like OJ simpson did, then I could see her getting off of it with a slap on the wrist.

 

No, someone should have double-tapped her.

Assault with a deadly weapon, sufficient justification to terminate the threat.

 

If I had my way, I'd have people like that shot

 

amen to that brother