Attorney defends trooper in Okla. ambulance stop

06-16-2009 • AP

Bothered that an ambulance driver failed to yield to him as he raced to provide backup on a call [first lie] — and angered further when he thought the driver flipped him an obscene gesture — state Trooper Daniel Martin decided [later] to stop the ambulance and give the driver a piece of his mind.

What Martin didn't know then, his lawyer said Monday, was that there was a patient in the back of the ambulance.

 

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