The driver of an ambulance, who had stopped at the edge of a highway near Lisbon, to attempt to resuscitate a man in his eighties was fined € 120 by the police, reported the Portuguese media.
The ambulance, the fire department of Obidos (centre), was in the road early on Tuesday to evacuate a sick victim of a heart attack at a hospital in Lisbon, when the state of health of the patient is suddenly aggravated. The medical team stopped and care for them, but was unable to prevent the death.
Alerted by paramedics to certify the death, the police "have advised the driver that he had committed a breach of the code of the road to bad parking, without taking account of the circumstances" of the drama, protested the commander of the fire brigade of Obidos, Carlos Silva.
The driver was immediately paid the fine. In the Face of the outcry caused by the incident, the police have acknowledged the next day, having committed an error, and eventually cancel the offence.
