There is so much wrong in this story, the cop should be fired and the nurse win a settlement.
1. When you are a patient in the hospital, the hospital will follow the law. That means a warrant for a blood draw. Otherwise, there are severe HIPAA violations and the hospital will be sued and the nurse will lose her license.
2. If there was a probable cause to obtain the blood, it would be easy for them to call a judge and get the warrant. The fact that they did not means they did not have probable cause. I would think that if there is a law stating that truck drivers need their blood drawn, it most likely would be when they are on work time. For all you know, he may not have been on the work clock at the time of the accident.
3. Some of you criticized her for screaming. If you had your arm twisted to your back, that would hurt. They were rough with her .
4. By forcing an ICU nurse off the floor , they endangered other patients by short staffing the unit.
This cop needs to be fired.
Video of the accident quite clearly shows the driver in this situation driving a tractor/trailer rig down the road. With respect to the federal law and CDL holders, it matters not if he is in any kind of pay status. He could be a privateer bob-tailing to his next job, and he'd still fall under the federal law.