rebgirl420
09-28-2008, 05:25 AM
Firefighter accused of taking crash victim's foot
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - St. Lucie County officials are investigating whether a firefighter took a man's severed foot from the scene of a traffic accident. On Sept. 19, a crash on I-95 caused a man's foot to be sheared off; the man survived and is undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
It's the Fire District's policy to take a severed body part with the patient to the hospital if there is any chance of reattachment, or the body part goes to the medical examiner's office. But authorities said the foot was taken to the hospital days later, on Sept. 24.
Officials would not release the name of the firefighter under investigation, but said the firefighter trains cadaver dogs, which are used to locate and follow the scent of decomposing human flesh.
My Way News - Firefighter accused of taking crash victim's foot (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080926/D93EMA4G0.html)
I wonder what the firefighter did with it for those few days?
That's horrifying.
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - St. Lucie County officials are investigating whether a firefighter took a man's severed foot from the scene of a traffic accident. On Sept. 19, a crash on I-95 caused a man's foot to be sheared off; the man survived and is undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
It's the Fire District's policy to take a severed body part with the patient to the hospital if there is any chance of reattachment, or the body part goes to the medical examiner's office. But authorities said the foot was taken to the hospital days later, on Sept. 24.
Officials would not release the name of the firefighter under investigation, but said the firefighter trains cadaver dogs, which are used to locate and follow the scent of decomposing human flesh.
My Way News - Firefighter accused of taking crash victim's foot (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080926/D93EMA4G0.html)
I wonder what the firefighter did with it for those few days?
That's horrifying.