Called 119… “Young is spoiled” in his 60s, hit by paramedics [영상]

A drunkard in his 60s who assaulted an paramedic who came to save him was sent to the prosecution. It was about hitting the paramedics head once with a hand holding a mobile phone along with abusive speech, but the fire authorities expressed their willingness to punish them, saying, “It is an act of obstructing emergency activities by violence.”

The Jeonbuk-do Fire Department said on the 5th that “Mr. A (60s), who was arrested for violating the Basic Fire Protection Act, was sent to the prosecution with the opinion of prosecution.” Mr. A is accused of interfering with emergency activities by assaulting an ambulance member (30s) belonging to the Gunsan Fire Station in the 119 ambulance running on the road in Osikdo-dong, Gunsan City at around 0:17 am on the 17th of last month. According to Article 50 of the Framework Act on Fire Fighting, a person who interferes with fire fighting, rescue, and first aid activities by assaulting or threatening an dispatched firefighter is subject to imprisonment for up to 5 years or a fine of up to 50 million won.

The Jeonbuk-do Fire Department also released a video of the ambulance’s internal closed circuit TV (CCTV), which contained scenes of the assault of paramedics at the time. In the 22-second video, A, lying down wearing a mask, suddenly hits the head of a paramedic sitting next to him with his right hand holding a mobile phone.

According to the Jeonbuk-do fire department headquarters, Dr. A, who was drunk at the time, called for help from 119, saying, “I fell and hurt my eyes.” He assaulted the paramedics at the point where an ambulance arrived at the scene, picked him up and left for the hospital, and moved about 1 km.

As a result of the investigation, paramedics were assaulted by Mr. A while asking questions to determine the patient’s condition. The paramedics said, “How much alcohol did you drink?”, “How much was your eye injured?”, “Is there anything injured other than eyes?”

Mr. A asked, “How did you know that I drank alcohol?”, and the paramedics answered, “I found out because the policeman at the scene said’The teacher drank a lot of alcohol’.” Then he said, “I’m in the same place with the police,” and “I took money from the police and ate it.” In addition, it was investigated that they assaulted the paramedics, saying, “These days young things are not spoiled.”

Accordingly, another paramedic who was driving an ambulance checked the scene where a colleague was being assaulted by Mr. A on the monitor on the driver’s seat side and stopped the ambulance. Then, they contacted the 119 General Situation Room and asked the police for assistance. The assaulted paramedic got out of the ambulance, and the policeman who was dispatched to the scene took the ambulance instead and moved Mr. A to the hospital.

The fire department called Mr. A and investigated the case based on the statement of the assaulted ambulance and the CCTV footage inside the ambulance. At the beginning of the investigation, Mr. A said, “I can’t remember because I drank a lot of alcohol,” but admitted to the charges, saying, “I’m sorry,” when the fire department showed CCTV footage of his assault.

Some pointed out, “Isn’t the degree of assault weak?” over the video of the assault of paramedics released by the fire department. In response, the fire department said, “The prosecution also saw it as an assault in the context of the investigation and commanded the investigation.” .

An official from the Jeonbuk-do fire department said, “The victim of the assault said,’Isn’t it repeating because I keep closing my eyes to this assault?’ “I get mental pressure and stress to say’what to do if I get right again’,” he said. According to the Jeollabuk-do Fire Department, 11 cases of violent and assault by paramedics occurred in the Jeonbuk region from 2018 to 2020, and most of the perpetrators were drinking alcohol.

“Even if it is not merciless assault, even if it is not merciless assault, acts that threaten paramedics may be subject to judicial treatment.” We will respond strictly according to the dragon principle.”

Gunsan = Reporter Kim Junhee [email protected]