Tuesday, April 6, 2010
** California EMT struck and killed at accident scene
** Nova Scotia police arrest boy for aiming laser at in-flight air ambulance
UNITED STATES NEWS
** A San Diego, California EMT is dead after being struck and killed at an accident scene on the Cabrillo Freeway Thursday. San Diego 6 (April 1) said Estaban Behena died around 7 a.m. after being called to attend a minor car crash. According to the news site, initial information indicates Behena may have been hit while placing flares at the site. Investigators are, however, still attempting to piece together the sequence of events. Behena died around 8:32 a.m. after transport in his own ambulance to Scripps Mercy Hospital. He had worked with San Diego Medical Services for the past two years.
CANADA NEWS
** Nova Scotia police in Sydney have arrested a 15-year-old boy for pointing a laser at an in-flight air ambulance March 19. That is the word from CBC News (March 31) which said the teen also directed the light at two Air Canada Jazz flights approaching the local airport. According to the news site, the youth’s actions did not result in harm to any of the aircraft. Canadian Helicopters vice-president of safety and quality Walter Heenehan said the boy was likely merely playing around with the laser like a toy without thought to consequences. Because of the child’s age, restorative justice will be used to resolve the case. Under the Aeronautics Act, a conviction for pointing a laser at the cockpit of an aircraft can result in a $100,000 fine or five years in jail.
