By Police1 Staff
STRUTHERS, Ohio — Police officers took a man to a hospital last week after being told they would have to wait 30 minutes for an ambulance.
WKBN reported that two officers found a man passed out on the side of a road March 19. Officers called six different ambulance companies, but none were available.
“I was kind of taken aback with the amount of time that went by with no ambulances available,” Struthers Mayor Terry Stocker said.
Instead of waiting, they drove the man to the hospital in their patrol car.
“It’s not the ideal situation, but in an emergency situation I think the gentlemen did the right thing,” Chief Randall Pugh, with Lane LifeTRANS Paramedics, said.
Pugh said the high call volume of heroin overdoses takes up a majority of responders’ time, according to the report. Pugh also said delays also occurred that day due to several cases of the flu.