HURRICANE, W.Va. â The Putnam County Sheriff s Department is seeking help in identifying a man accused over the weekend of moving an ambulance while EMS workers were in the back of the vehicle working on a patient.
According to Hurricane Mayor Scott Edwards, on Saturday a man entered the driverâs side of a Putnam County Emergency Medical Services ambulance and drove it for a short distance. While this occurred, EMS workers were examining a patient in the back of the vehicle.
âHe was mad they were blocking the road while performing emergency medical procedures on a little boy suffering from a violent seizure. He simply didnât want to wait,â Edwards wrote on social media.