Desertdog
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I know a man that was speeding while taking someone to the ER and LEO got behind him, no red lights, until they got to the ER. At that point the LEO left, no questions. Personally, I think the lady in this story should be able to beat both tickets.
Husband Dies after Wife Detained For Speeding to Louisiana Hospital
http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=20223&siteSection=1
DERIDDER, La. (AP) -- State police are investigating whether a state trooper acted properly when he stopped and detained a woman who was speeding her husband to a hospital, where he died of a possible heart attack.
"After a complete investigation, the action or inaction of the trooper will be handled appropriately," Col. Henry Whitehorn, the superintendent of state police, said Wednesday in a news release.
Authorities and family members were awaiting autopsy results on Aaron Isbell, 43, who died early Tuesday at Beauregard Memorial Hospital.
Family members said Isbell's wife, Korrie, was driving her husband to the hospital around midnight Monday because he was suffering symptoms of a heart attack.
Aaron Isbell's brother, Mark Isbell, said that at some point during the four-mile drive on U.S. 171 from the Isbells' home to the hospital, a trooper saw Korrie Isbell speeding and tried to stop her, but she kept driving.
When they arrived at the hospital parking lot, the trooper, whose name has not been released, detained Korrie Isbell for several minutes, questioning her about speeding and refusing to stop, Mark Isbell said.
State police said Korrie Isbell traveled approximately one mile after the trooper tried to stop her, then pulled into the emergency room parking lot of Beauregard Memorial.
At 12:11 a.m. Tuesday, a DeRidder police officer who had followed the trooper and the Isbells to the hospital went into the emergency room and returned with help for Isbell, who was still in his truck, Mark Isbell said.
Mark Isbell said his brother was placed in a wheelchair and taken inside the emergency room, but that Korrie Isbell was not allowed inside until after the trooper issued her a speeding ticket - 61 mph in a 35 mph zone - and a ticket for failing to yield for an emergency vehicle.
"My sister-in-law was driving through town with her flashers on because she thought my brother was having a heart attack," said Mark Isbell. "Rather than letting her get my brother inside and get him help, the state trooper kept both of them out there and even tried to question my brother."
Lisa Simmons of Newton, Texas, and her 20-year-old son saw the incident. She had taken her pregnant daughter-in-law to the emergency room. "What's ironic is that we came from Texas to DeRidder with our flashers on to get to the hospital," she said. "It makes me worry now: Can the same thing happen to us? All her doctors are in Louisiana."
Isbell sat in his truck for at least five minutes before anyone sought help for him, Simmons said. And Korrie Isbell was detained for 10 to 15 minutes, she said.
Louisiana State Police Troop D spokesman Sal Messina said troop commanders' internal investigation will include questioning of witnesses and a review of videotapes.
Husband Dies after Wife Detained For Speeding to Louisiana Hospital
http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=20223&siteSection=1
DERIDDER, La. (AP) -- State police are investigating whether a state trooper acted properly when he stopped and detained a woman who was speeding her husband to a hospital, where he died of a possible heart attack.
"After a complete investigation, the action or inaction of the trooper will be handled appropriately," Col. Henry Whitehorn, the superintendent of state police, said Wednesday in a news release.
Authorities and family members were awaiting autopsy results on Aaron Isbell, 43, who died early Tuesday at Beauregard Memorial Hospital.
Family members said Isbell's wife, Korrie, was driving her husband to the hospital around midnight Monday because he was suffering symptoms of a heart attack.
Aaron Isbell's brother, Mark Isbell, said that at some point during the four-mile drive on U.S. 171 from the Isbells' home to the hospital, a trooper saw Korrie Isbell speeding and tried to stop her, but she kept driving.
When they arrived at the hospital parking lot, the trooper, whose name has not been released, detained Korrie Isbell for several minutes, questioning her about speeding and refusing to stop, Mark Isbell said.
State police said Korrie Isbell traveled approximately one mile after the trooper tried to stop her, then pulled into the emergency room parking lot of Beauregard Memorial.
At 12:11 a.m. Tuesday, a DeRidder police officer who had followed the trooper and the Isbells to the hospital went into the emergency room and returned with help for Isbell, who was still in his truck, Mark Isbell said.
Mark Isbell said his brother was placed in a wheelchair and taken inside the emergency room, but that Korrie Isbell was not allowed inside until after the trooper issued her a speeding ticket - 61 mph in a 35 mph zone - and a ticket for failing to yield for an emergency vehicle.
"My sister-in-law was driving through town with her flashers on because she thought my brother was having a heart attack," said Mark Isbell. "Rather than letting her get my brother inside and get him help, the state trooper kept both of them out there and even tried to question my brother."
Lisa Simmons of Newton, Texas, and her 20-year-old son saw the incident. She had taken her pregnant daughter-in-law to the emergency room. "What's ironic is that we came from Texas to DeRidder with our flashers on to get to the hospital," she said. "It makes me worry now: Can the same thing happen to us? All her doctors are in Louisiana."
Isbell sat in his truck for at least five minutes before anyone sought help for him, Simmons said. And Korrie Isbell was detained for 10 to 15 minutes, she said.
Louisiana State Police Troop D spokesman Sal Messina said troop commanders' internal investigation will include questioning of witnesses and a review of videotapes.
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