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** UK man found not guilty in driving death of paramedic

** Arizona paramedic nabbed for allegedly trying to sell marijuana

** A Brockenhurst man, accused in the April 2013 driving death of a New Forest paramedic and patient, has been acquitted. That is the word from the Southern Daily Echo (June 30) which said Richard Husband, 26, was found not guilty of death by careless driving x 2 in the demises of EMS practitioner Gillian Randall and patient Francis Ironside, 88. According to the newspaper, Husband told the court he was unaware of the ambulance’s presence even though he had passed a car that had pulled over to let the lit up vehicle pass. Husband denied a prosecution allegation that he had been distracted by loud music and three teenagers in the back of his car. Along with Randall and Ironside, the latter’s son and a second medic were also in the ambulance at the time. Both suffered serious injuries in the mishap.

** A Phoenix, Arizona fire department paramedic was arrested Friday for allegedly trying to sell marijuana. My Fox Phoenix (Marc Martinez/July 1) said Cory Robert Cole, 30, was taken into custody after police caught him red handed with a trash bag full of 20 lbs of pot. According to the news site, the arrest was part of a sting operation. A city medic for the past seven years, Cole also served in the US Marine Corps. Pending charges could include felony possession of marijuana for sale and transporting marijuana for sale.