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Okla. paramedic, trooper scuffle on highway

By Matt McKinney
CNN/KWTV


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Paden, Okla. — A scuffle between first responders in Oklahoma is caught on tape.

Highway Patrol troopers and a paramedic nearly come to blows while a patient waits to be taken to the hospital. The encounter was caught on a cell phone came by Kenyada Davis, the son of the patient in the ambulance.

The incident started when the ambulance failed to yield to state troopers en route to a call. Davis say the ambulance driver was trying to avoid hitting a car that slowed down and wasn’t aware that troopers were nearby until it was too late.

Full Story: According to highway patrol, the paramedics assaulted the trooper