Oklahoma Trooper Arrests a Paramedic After Stopping the Ambulance with a Patient on Board
An Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer pulled an ambulance over while it was transporting a patient to the hospital. The ambulance crew and the trooper argue, leading to a physical altercation. The trooper places one crewmember under arrest.
The whole thing is caught on video by the patient's son. He recorded it on his cell phone camera.
See the video on YouTube.
As I watch this, I can't help wonder what eggregious violation led to the trooper to pull over the ambulance. In my hometown, EMS and law enforcement have a great working relationship. I can't imagine this scene playing out here. Regardless what the violation was, my first impression is that the trooper is a little intense. He knows there's a patient on board, but he still engages the crew in a threatening manner.
I know I'm biased, but I think the trooper was out of line. Either he witnessed something bad enough to call out another ambulance for the patient and get that crew off the road, or else follow the crew to the hospital and deal with it there. What do you think? Leave a comment below.
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I’m sure it was because he was black. Unbelievable. I hope that woman got the care she needed in time. Trooper should have made arrangements for the woman before letting his aggressions loose on the man.
You would think when they realized they had a patient on board, they would have waited until after the crew delivered the patient to the hospital. Not one of OHP’s finest moments.
This reminds me of a similar incident (also found on youtube) of a cop arresting a fire captain for positioning his truck badly at an accident scene and irritating the cop. When these badge happy cops start harrassing other emergency service workers AND endangering lives, its time to step on them and remind them who they work for.
I agree with Rod. A minor traffic violation is no reason to delay patient care. If the crew was indeed guilty of failure to yield, then as soon as they discovered there was a patient on board, they should have allowed the crew to continue on to the hospital.
However, we don’t see the entire story from this video and we don’t have all of the facts. To be prejudice and say that it’s obviously a race issue is ignorant. How can you come to that conclusion from the facts given?
Don’t get me wrong. I’m by no means taking up for the troopers actions. And, quite possibly, the trooper is racist. The facts presented to you don’t give any indication to back that accusation. The trooper was way out of line in choking the medic. Regardless of what happened off camera, choking was not an authorized use of force in this situation.
The trooper could have at least follow the ambulance and allow the patient to be brought to the hospital first becfore he arrests the guy…was that trooper trained on how to control his temper?I guess not!He didnt even value the life of the patient…
I am by no means siding with the trooper, my personal opinion says they were wrong in this particular situations… BUT.
Yo have to understand troopers as well, all they are doing is following protocol and doing their job… just like the EMTs. This video/story is a good example of a clash of the two protocols.
There is no excuse for these troopers actions. If this is a taste of their better judgment,then they have no busines being troopers. Anyone who tries to justify these troopers actions needs to be looked at because this is nothing more than criminality and abuse by civil servants. Get them off the force now!
Sorry Wulf, I can’t agree with you. “clash of ….protocols.”??? Come on now, what protocol does PD have higher than preserve life???
There is no, let me say that again…NO defense for this officer. He was in the wrong, and I believe came to that conclusion and he finally got a grip of himself and pride (thank God) and that’s the only reason this situation resulted in no one going to jail or beat down.
This is just another situation where a police officer over reacts, and handles his adrenaline and/or frustration badly, resulting in bad decision making.
After reviewing the video for the second time. I wouldn’t trust these two troopers to work at Walmarts as security. I’d be afraid they might try to choke out some old lady just because she pissed on their floor!
Looking at the additional info that has come out throughout the day, it greatly upsets me that this poor excuse for a Trooper is not being placed on admin. leave today. It is reported that the Trooper has a dash cam that caught an alledged assault by the Medic. If this is true then release the tape. My instincts tell me that this assault did NOT happen. Just watching the video I can see that the crew were absolutely professional and attempting to deescalate the situation but, the Troopers wanted a fight. As a fellow EMT I am proud of how my colleagues handled themselves and continue to support how they handled these outrageous Troopers. Good Job.
Once I read the incident reports by the paramedic, the EMT and the two witnesses, I’m absolutely convinced the troopers were out of line.
Here’s another post on the Trooper vs Paramedic, which includes a link to the latest news story on it. The news story has a couple of links to incident reports.
This is ridiculous. The EMT should have been allowed to continue since they were also on an emergency call. These law enforcement officers need to be held accountable for their actions in this case. The EMT did not have any intention of violent action towards the officers. I would not call this racist but I wonder how things would have went if the EMT was white.
Wow,
what a hothead. That trooper should be made to ride with a squad for a week so he can maybe see what the job is about. Maybe he had a fight with his old lady before work.
Switch to decaf, dude!
Is thes trooper on crack . If it was that important he could of “ESCORTED” the ambulance to the Hospital . Then issued a ticket. I hope that this cop is assigmed to the worst possable duty they can find. of fired .
I believe it was a racial profiling thing. Why would you ever pull over an ambulance for yielding at a stop to begin with. They are just like police and can only yield through signs/lights, run priority one (lights and sirens) but when it is not a priority one, they still have a reason to be in a hurry. I see officers all of the time yield, speed and break every law out there without running their lights and sirens all of the time. If they have a right too do this, then the ambulances and fire-fighters in their work vehicles should get the same rights. This was a black white thing. I am white and still believe this was a racial thing.
Bryan
Ok all you Perry Mason wannabe attorney’s, first, it is unlawful to use force against a peace officer EVEN IF YOU KNOW THE ARREST OR SEARCH IS UNLAWFUL! So the medic broke another law when he tried calling the troopers bluff. Second, This monkey only films from the arrest on. Who knows what the ambulance driver said or did! Oh the poor medic blah blah blah. I know a few of these guys and they hate us as much as we hate them. It’s an un-written rule that if an officer is shot he get’s transported in a cop car since a medic will surely kill him or let him die. Get the full story before you start talking trash. This medic could have pushed the officers, called him out, resisted, screwed his mom, who knows! By the was reggie, good job “gettsin yo self sum dat evadents!” it means nothing. Check your vernacular home boy! You are a complete waste of life and im sure your criminal history is a mile long…but of course that’s all OUR fault too huh? Coward.
Hey actual cop – where do you work so I know where i don’t want to live. Even if any of the officers around here came across as dense and obstinate as you, I still believe at worst, they would receive the same treatment as a thug on the street, and that is the legal requirement. So I take it you don’t have an eight of the medical training that an hospital volunteer does, and I’m sure your evoc class was taught by cop, so maybe you don’t realize that COPS cannot stop or interfere with the transport of a patient to a hospital, regardless of the circumstances. It is a felony in many states, and I’m sure that there is a reason you don’t trust the medics around you, however, LEO’s are our number one asset as medics and as such we go out of our way to assist them. Please check your ignorance at the door. Now, I will agree with you, the son recording the incident may not have recorded everything, however, unless the medic pulled a gun on the cop, there is no excuse for that behavior. Oh, and if you get shot – here’s a hint, stay still, don’t get in a cop car, we’d hate for you to have to clean the upholstry.
I’m afraid the level of anger I’m seeing from “actual cop” is an indicator of the problem. I don’t know where you work, “actual cop,” but I doubt I would enjoy being a paramedic there.
I’ve taken care of law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty, and I can assure you I’ve done everything I could for each and every one of them. Our ambulances sport tributes to fallen officers from local agencies and from across the nation.
We should all be in this together.
Wow, actual cop you sound like a real intellectual from the backwoods school of law enforcement. You seriously need to study up on the law before you begin to spout untruths and uneducated assumptions that make you sound like an idiot. As both a paramedic and wife of a deputy let me tell you that here in OK we have the utmost respect for our law enforcement. It is our belief that we are all in this together and have to work together. I always believe that my area law enforcement officers will be there for me on a call and that they feel like we will be there for them should they ever need us. I have only seen mutual respect on both sides. I was shocked when this video came out as I have never seen the troopers in the area of OK where I work behave that way. For the others who have said we can’t see everything you are correct we can’t. What we do know is that regardless of what happened before the arrest, the initial pulling over of the ambulance was uncalled for and broke the law. “It is against the law in Oklahoma to interfere with with paramedics in the performance of their duties.” This was stated by ADA Maxey Riley in the county of this occurence. If this was a false arrest situation (since we can’t see all events I say if) there is precedence for a person to defend himself if he feels his life is threatened. And sorry to burst your bubble, actual cop, there have even been court cases won in these situations. Sad to say but none of knows the full details of the situation and therefore cannot say why the paramedic was in that situation. However, we can all look at it and say there could have and should have been a better way to handle the situation. That is really the main issue here to me.
To the crowd: I won’t edit comments unless there’s profanity. On the other hand, I don’t want to see personal attacks.
Please feel free to leave comments, but the kind of viciousness that I’m starting to see is what got us here in the first place.
As for me, I’d like to see the footage from the Trooper’s dash cam. He was supposedly assaulted before the phone camera was turned on, so let’s see the evidence.
I’d also like to see the footage of his driving, to see if the medic’s incident report is a fair representation of what happened.
I have watched all of the videos, read the reports from the witnesses and the paramedics. Who is the “Mike” who was thanked in the video? Is he the lone officer who realized that things had gotten out of control.
Clearly this is going to show that law enforcement with OHP is indicative of what Orange County went through with, their last law enforcement leader, who has now now been given a prison sentence.
I am anxious to see the footage of the dash cam from the Trooper. It seems as if the department is doing the typical, bury the facts until it blows over. If the trooper was assulted or had an altercation prior to the start of the video, then the Trooper would benefit from the release of that information from the dash cam. If this assault did happen to the Trooper, then the medic should suffer the consequences. But, since the footage is still not out…we can only judge on what’s out there so far. Not to mention, the Trooper would have more likely stated that the medic was being arrested for assault upon a LEO as opposed to the obstrution. By the way, “actual cop” please read your ignonorant post outloud. You come accross racist, and as angry as the Trooper on the video. I am scared FOR you.
Let’s keep the pressure on the OHP Chief to release the incident reports and dash cam. e-mail him at choffice@dps.state.ok.us the Trooper that pulled over the ambulance crew is Daniel Martin badge #606….Let’s get some answers and help prevent incidents like this happening in the future.
It seems as though all law enforcment officers are supposed to be robots and have no tempers or emotions. Well guess what cops are people too. I can assure you that if the trooper had done something wrong he wouldn’t be working right now. Cops are not perfect but neither is anyone else. However cops are held to a higher standard. The lady was treated and released. The only problem i seen with the tape was he let the person he just told was under arrest back into the ambulance. The only reason mr paramedic was getting choked was because he pushed the trooper. We can all sit and say what went wrong but we was not there. Cops are the first ones you call when you need them but the first ones you want to bash when you dont get your way.
So why did 606 stop the ambulance to start with. I drive a rescue truck for a volunteer fire dept and work part time as an EMT with a metropolitan ambulance company. Any body that drives an emergency vehicle knows that drivers today just wont yield to lights and sirens. Do we have them all arrested? No we deal with it and handle the call. So why was the stop made? Oh yah. 606 thought he was flipped off. I was a deputy sheriff in the late 60’s and 70’s. Back then they used to call us pigs and flip us off. Unless the law has changed and maybe it has but being flipped off is not against the law. If you can’t handle being flipped off, go get a job a wal-mart greater
Best written description of the events I’ve seen is at http://www.emsresponder.com/article/article.jsp?id=9627&siteSection=1 .
- As far as the original stopping or detention of the ambulance I’m not sure I feel a hand gesture towards officer is qualifies as probable cause to detain any citizen/individual. I’d like to see more on the legal rationale of that issue.
- If the officer decides for whatever reason to issue a summons for failure to yield, disturbing the peace, or whatever the indivual has a responsibility to agree to sign in agreement that he will appear in court to answer the allegation or otherwise go to jail. A ticket is not a conviction, it’s a charge. That was not the time to debate. That’s what court is for.
-Doesn’t it seem that both the troopers and the EMT/Paramedic could have benifited from behaving more rationally and professionaly?
The Trooper was way out of line for even stopping the rescue. If indeed the driver had done something terribly wrong then the Trooper should have followed him to the hospital and waited for the paramedic to finish handling his patient. This is piss poor police work for sure…
I shudder to think what would have happened to the EMT had that young man not been videotaping this incident. I have NO doubt that he would’ve been arrested and charged with some false crime, or worse, had the crap beaten out of him for no legitimate reason by those officers. I’m very pro-law enforcement, but these troopers made a mistake, plain and simple. They should man up and apologize, admit they were in the wrong for so many different reasons and ensure that this doesn’t happen again. Police officers take an oath to “protect and serve” the public, but as we see here, this sometimes falls to the side when you have young, immature officers that let their tempers get the better of them. Shame on you, OHP, for not owning what’s been done and doing your level best to make amends.
Here is what Oklahoma law says….
Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
Chapter 20 – Assault and Battery
Section 650.3 – Interference with Emergency Medical Technicians or Care Providers – Punishment
Cite as: O.S. §, __ __
Every person who willfully delays, obstructs or in any way interferes with an emergency medical technician or other emergency medical care provider in the performance of or attempt to perform emergency medical care and treatment or in going to or returning from the scene of a medical emergency, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Historical Data
Added by Laws 1990, c. 320, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1990.
The trooper committed a crime by pulling over the ambulance. PERIOD. The only mistake this ambulance driver made was pulling over in the first place.
IF they were just going to get fuel or lunch, different story, but reponding to or from a call, no way.
In response to “DL”…I agree we hold LEO to a higher standard. As we should. ALL emergency responders should be held to a higher standard than the general public. This is what makes us different than the jerk who beats his spouse or the gang-banger who shoots up a car. We also know that all companies, public or private, bury controversy in order to stay off the radar. The fact that the Trooper is not on admin. leave is another symptom of “protect the brotheren” mentality. Otherwise, release the dash cam video to assist with giving the Trooper back credability. This is certainly not an isolated incident, but one that needs to have the light shining on it brightly. This Trooper was grossly inappropriate and until we have the additional footage and documentation to combat this thinking…I support the ambulance crew and hold all professionals to a higher standard.
Bad judgement. The officer used bad judgement in not following the the ambulance to the hospital and then conducting his business and the paramedic was totally out of line for interfering with the officer. The officer should be delt with by his Oklahoma employer and the paramedic should not only pay his fines and serve any jail time but should also loose any professional credentials he posesses. I certainly do not want any person with his attitude and mindset administering any aid to me.
Yeah it was definitely because he was black. Just look at the trooper – he’s a dead giveaway for a racist redneck if I’ve ever seen one. These a-hole whites in the south are so racist it makes me want to find this tropper and whoop his ass myself. I hope this redneck gets canned. Well at least the whole world now sees what an ass this guy is. Good luck getting your next job after this you douchebag.
you says, Umm I am in the south and you need to check a map because OKLAHOMA is NOT in the south. And as far as your comment that white cops are racist HA!!! I was an LEO here in North Carolina I would admit there are a few, but I have found more BLACK cops being the racist. I dont condone what the trooper did he could have handled it differently but the guy coming out the back should have kept his trap shut and let the Trooper talk to the DRIVER!!!!! And the second he touched the Trooper is ASSAULT!!!!
I’m a former LEO and the actions of the Trooper warrants his firing! This Trooper should be fired and the paramedic should bring assault charges against the trooper and sue the State Police. If anything like that happened in my jurisdiction, the officer would have been fired and possibly charged. He went way over the line!
totally unprofessional the officer feeling was hurt because he was allegedly flipped off this supercedes the paramedics from taking a patient for care…check ego at the door danny
Both of these pitbull bully cops look and act like they are on steroids. They should both be tested.
I respect the law enforcement community out there but seeing this just makes me realize that there are to many stupid cops out there. If he had to respond to something that important why didnt he get the plates ane report it later……. F@CK THE POLICE
I too think the trooper was WAY out of line and definately needs to be reprimanded if not fired for his excessive force, and honestly, his assult against the EMT. But besides the one trooper who had the EMT in a choke hold, his partner is equally to blame because he condoned his partners actions by doing nothing and allowing it get to the level of violence that it did. I mean, I completely agree with everyone about the main trooper and his inexcusable actions in this sitation, but the partner is equally to blame.
I’ve seen a few other videos, including one from the dash cam of the troopers car. The video started with them driving down the road, the troopers had lights and sirens on, the ambulance did not. When they approached the ambulance (at high speeds) it did not pull off to the side for approx. 45 seconds total.(if the video was not edited) The ambulance did however have a little white car in front of it which also did not pull over when the troopers approached. ALSO, in both videos, the trooper in question talked to the white EMT calmly while the African American EMT was in the back of the rig with the patient. AND when the patient’s son came up the the back of the ambulance, the EMT even told him not get involved, but instead focus on his mother. And a few minutes later his mother says something about it all and the EMT said “listen to your mama!” Which obviously showed that he was dedicated to his patient, no matter what nonsense was going on outside of the ambulance! Of course, just because the trooper was half-way calm with the caucasion EMT and assulted the African American EMT does NOT prove that he is racist in any way!!! No amount of videos can ever prove it unless they admit it, and if you assume it, your just making an arse out of yourself for not having all the facts!
With seeing a few videos and reading some of the reports, I still believe the troopers were both out of line. Getting the patient to the hospital should ALWAYS be #1 priority, above and beyond any traffic violation. Thank goodness that poor woman wasn’t in extreme critical condition at the time. I wonder what would have happened if she was, and waiting to deal with the trooper made the difference between life and death. (knock on wood that she continues to do well) The ambulance could have kept going on to the hospital instead of stopping for the troopers when pulled over. (obviously their call wasn’t that important if they dismissed it just to pull the ambulance over for a traffic violation)
Stepping off the soap box now…I really truly hope that this video is a wake up call to all police, ambulance, and fire employees with a God complex! Too many cops think that having a badge makes them above everyone else, including the law. (90% are just fine, its the 10% this applies to) Just because you’re the police doesn’t mean you can break the law, and it sure as heck doesn’t make you God either!!! I say FIRE THEM IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT their pensions or a severance!!!
As an ambassador of facts and history it continues to pain me that we’re never talking about a minority officer violating the rights of white civilians and or minority officers killing white officers. This incident has the same unfortunate characteristics of racism and hate that permeates throughout law enforcement agencies in america. Rest assured that if this officer had the gumption to pull over an ambulance and had no regard for the well being of a screaming patient inside, that he DEFINITELY has violated some black folks in the past! Thank God for cellphone cameras. Just once I would like to see a minority have to apologize for something they did that maybe went to far, we always seem to be the ones getting violated even the ones in uniform seem to be devalued by their brothers in blue. So here we go again with an officer clearly devaluing the rights and liberties of a black man and excuses are being made on his behalf????? We need the healing power of God to sweep through this nation or we are doomed.
To the actual cop: You are an ACTUAL RACIST! What is so funny though is that you probably work side by side with black & other minority officers, stifling your racism, while calling some of them “friends”.
Perhaps, you may feel that your “baton” came up a little bit short when compared to your fellow officers of color in the community shower. LOSER!
I watched the released police cam, as well as the phone video. I’m not any expert in emergency services proceedures, but I don’t see that the Ambulance crew did much wrong given the road circumstances, the other car, or that meager shoulder. It certainly was not enough to justify the situation caused by the Trooper.
It becomes all too aparent this encounter was the result of personal pride. It bothers me that there are a lot of police appologists trying to rationalize what this officer did, citing conditions police sometimes face can cause them to act this way That is no excuse. If you don’t have the temperment or discretion to be able cope, you simply aren’t qualified for law enforcement. This Officer showed very poor judgement.
This trooper is a Racist and needs to be Fired . No questions asked . If the trooper had been black and the ambulance driver White I doubt he would be on paid leave .It’s a shame nobody put this trooper out of his misery when he was out of the country,it would have made the world a better place.
Ruby,
I’ve been reading a lot of these comment threads and your post is the first one that I’ve actually felt drawn to respond to. Your comment about wishing someone had “put the trooper out of his misery” is absolutely uncalled for, no matter how atrocious his behavior was. The man served our country in the military and he deserves the credit and respect for that … sorrry, but no arcuments on that one.
That said, yes, the man DOES need to be fired for his actions in this situation. From the beginning, with the trooper resonding on a “hot call” with his wife in the front seat of his car, it’s obvious Martin is too hyped up.
You can tell from how fast he comes up on the ambulance that he is driving much faster than a safe speed … in NO state I’m aware of do the laws regarding use of emergency vehicles say that they can travel at unrestricted and unsafe speed. The ambulance does move over as soon as it SAFELY can, so there i no failure to yield … due to the much higher weight, as well as the terrible balance/stability of those box style ambulances, trying to force a stop any faster would likely have resulted in injury to the medic and possibly to the ambulancee turning over as well.
The trooper continues on to his vitally important, “hot” emergency call … to assist two other officers in taking a report about a stolen car (I’d love to know if he was actually requested and dispatched to that location, or if he heard the call and decided he needed to offer his State authority?) … and yet, upon arrival he radios in that he is there .. does not get out of the car, does not talk to another officer, he simply backs up, whips around and tears back out onto the highway, chasing the ambulance. Notice that he had NOT notified dispatch he was leaving that emergency scene he had said he was at … notice he ran a stop sign with no siren (can’t tell if the lights are on or not)
By the time it’s over, Trooper Martin has interfered with a paramedic in the performance of his duties ( which is now a felony in Oklahoma, instead f a misdemeanor), he has committed false arrest, or at the very least attempted to do so, he has committed assault and battery and he files a false report as well. Martin’s report claims an assault was committed upon himself, which the dash cam clearly does not show .. but maybe that’s because the Trooper reports were all filed three days AFTER this incident took place, while everyone ele’s were required to be filed at that time. Strange, huh?
BTW, the one thing I do NOT believe is that this is a racist issue. The driver of the ambulance was white, the paramedic in the back, where wouldn’t have been seen by Trooper Martin, is black. Also, despite what one commenter said earlier, martin was not being “respectful” to the EMT/driver, he was yelling and cursing him out from the moment he left his car, both before and after CCP White tried to intervene. I don’t see a race issue here, I see an out of control cop who has gotten his ego bruised and has to take it out on somebody. Here’s the big question … would this have gone this badly if Martin had not been running around with his wife in the squad car?? He certainly seems to have the ego of a man who would be trying to show off by running hot on an emergency that wasn’t really an emergency, would get frustrated at the ambulance not “respecting” his importance quickly enough, and then be even more upset, and embarrassed, upon arriving at his emergency when it’s obvious he wasn’t needed there after all.
Granted, all the “facts” of the case are not clearly stated in this video. However, the blatant truth of it is, a woman–a PERSON–was in the ambulance for a REASON, and her medical attention was interrupted by what is clearly action taken by officials without respect for the mission of the ambulance driver, regardless of race. I am fighting the nagging urge to cry racism. It’s difficult when the blaring red necks of the uniformed officials are so blinding. Were it My mother in the back of that ambulance, I don’t think I would have been as compliant.
Typical power-hungry cop. These guys are braindead morons that found they had no skills and no talent to land a job after their high school football career ended, so they all become cops so that they can still have power and influence over people.
It’s a shame the that so many of these low-life scumbags go into law-enforcement.
ridiculous-word I describe this situation
The ambulance should not have been pulled over if in fact it was because of the driver not yielding. Trooper should have thought…hmmm maybe the person in the back is dying. just shows…mistakes happen…be watch out for those consequences.
It’s clear the trooper completely lost his composure and professionalism because he was flipped off. The driver blew it by over reacting to the trooper’s dangerous tailgate maneuver. The trooper should have stayed on the original call and not left the assist to chase down the ambulance. The incident would have been completey avoided if the trooper would have simply contacted the ambulance service supervisor and hashed it out at that level.
I have no respect for OHP at this time. A couple of weeks ago I was driving home on the turnpike with no where to exit when my two year old son that had infection in his right lung started having a hard time breathing. I admit I panicked like most mothers do but I had his breathing machine in my car and new I had to get somewhere quick to help. I started speeding about 90mp when a OHP pulled me over. He walks up to the car and informs me of the reason of the stop. I apoligized and explained im sure in a panick my sons situation. He ignores my explination asking for my DL and Insurance in which I hand over and begin to try to calm my son down so he can breath easier. The Officer walks to his car taking his time writing me a ticket. In the mean time I have removed my son from the car seat trying to keep him calm so he can catch his breath. The Officer walks back up to my window making the smart ass comment ” What he doesnt like his car seat ” again I tell the Officer no he has a infection in his lung and is having a hard time breathing I have to get him somewhere to give him a breathing treatment. To this he replys sign here hands me the ticket throws my DL and insurance in the window at me and says I hope you get wherever your going safely. With no regards to my sons life or safety. Luckily I was able to get to a location to give my son a breathing treatment the attack was so bad he was physically drained for a couple of days but recovered with antibiotics and breathing treatments. No thanks to the OHP.