Newlywed couple: Officer blocked us from ER during bride's stroke

WRCB-TV ^ | 2010.06.19 | Callie Starnes & WRCB Staff

[B-Chan]

A patient, believed to be having a stroke, says an officer with the Chattanooga Police Department blocked her husband from taking her to the emergency room at Erlanger Wednesday night.

Aline Wright is a cancer survivor, amputee and a newlywed. Wednesday night she began to show signs she was having a stroke.

"I started feeling some left arm numbness and a facial droop," said Aline.

"It appeared to me that I was probably having a stroke."

That's when her husband of four days, Jesse Wright, put her in the car and rushed her to the Erlanger Medical Center. Wright knows an emergency. He is a nurse technician at Erlanger.

On the way to the hospital, Aline says Jesse treated two red lights like stop signs. He would stop and then proceed if no traffic was coming. After Jesse ran the second stop light one block from Erlanger, the officer turned on the cruiser's blue lights and followed the couple into the emergency room parking lot.

"At that point we figured because we were so close to Erlanger emergency department that the police would be aware that's where we were going," said Aline.

According to Aline, the officer caught up with the couple as they were attempting to enter the emergency room at Erlanger Medical Center. Aline says her husband was carrying her in his arms because she could not walk. According to Aline, the officer blocked the entrance and demanded answers for running the red lights.

"He picks me up in his arms and the officer continues to block the way into the emergency room," said Aline.

"He's standing between Jesse and I, and the emergency room doors."

Aline says eventually the officer allowed them to enter the hospital, but says he didn't stop there.

Aline tells Channel 3 Eyewitness News that once the couple was placed in a hospital room, the officer attempted to enter their room to arrest Jesse for evading the police.

[B-Chan]

Pertectin' and Servin'!

[Islaminaction]

Is there any common sense left in this country?

[rabscuttle385]

Donut watch!

[Hardraade]

Any identity to go with this “officer”?

[Jim Robinson]

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[Alas Babylon!]

It works!

[pollywog]

You PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Alas Babylon!]

However, it get’s the following error:

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[Redbob]

Another good reason for concealed carry...

[Vendome]

JBT’s

[calex59]

Not any thing to do with this thread, however, this is the third weekend in a row that something has taken FR down. I smell a Demrat in the wood pile!

[BlessedBeGod]

test!

[Gigantor]

I think the cop was wrong to stop them from going into the emergency room.

I also think the husband was dumb not to call 911 and have an ambulance, probably with two paramedics, take the wife to the hospital.

Ambulances are emergency vehicles that can legally go thru red lights - and paramedics can give immediate aide en route to the hospital.

It is an emergency? Call an ambulance!

[Mark was here]

Bet he voted for Obama.

[basil]

Well- the husband IS a paramedic! There is nothing a paramedic can do to stop a stroke from happening. It was probably faster for him to drive to the hospital than to wait for an ambulance—or so he thought.

[COBOL2Java]

However, it get’s the following error:

Webpage error details

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InfoPath.2; MS-RTC LM 8; OfficeLiveConnector.1.5; OfficeLivePatch.1.3)
Timestamp: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:20:13 UTC


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"Dayum! That "Kill FreeRepublic" switch works great!"

[republicangel]

It's nothing new. 27 years ago this August on the way to deliver my first child. 3 AM, 4 lane road with no traffic, speed limit was 25 and my husband was doing 35. Policeman followed us up to the emergency entrance and tried to ask us questions about why we were speeding.

My husband has never had much patience for stupidity, finally looks at the guy while I'm getting into a wheel chair and tells him to either write him a ticket or get the hell out of the way.

He got out of the way.

And by the way, just because it is the first child doesn't mean you have forever to get the hospital. I found out- I have my babies quick. Lol

[Still Thinking]

“I’m going to paralyze or kill your wife, but you WILL pay this traffic ticket ping”

[Grizzled Bear]

I smell a Demrat in the wood pile!

There's been an unusually high "Blog-Pimp" count lately...

[krb]

You are shameless for trying to rationalize this obvious bureaucratic buffoonery.