Monday, March 26, 2012

** UK medic undertakes charity jaunt to Peru for wounded veterans

** Former North Carolina paramedic arrested after high speed police chase

UNITED KINGDOM NEWS

** A Birmingham medic is undertaking a charity trek to Peru to raise money for the Help for Heroes organization. The Birmingham Mail (Paul Stuart/March 21) said Bournbrook practitioner Tom Rose, 32, will do the 42km jaunt in just six days and will focus on the area around Machu Picchu. According to the newspaper, Rose has been training for the hike for six months. Already having raised 400 pounds, his goal is to accumulate 3,500 pounds through the effort. Help for Heroes is a military charity providing practical, direct support to wounded servicemen and women.

UNITED STATES NEWS

** A former Union County, North Carolina EMT is facing a whole host of charges after he allegedly prompted a high speed chase before ramming two police cars. WSOC TV (Tenikka Smith/March 19) said Thomas Lee Lynch, Jr., has been tagged with speeding, DWI, assault on a government official, and possession of a controlled prescription drug (Fentanyl) in the March 19th incident. According to the news site, Lynch’s erratic driving on the I-85 alerted cops to his presence. When he declined to pull over, police blocked him at an exit ramp. When Lynch proceeded to ram the cruisers, officers broke his window and arrested him at gunpoint. Lynch had recently resigned as a paramedic after 15 years working for the county.