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Passerby grabs London medic by throat in parking spat

The medic was sent ahead of an ambulance; the attacker was angered by how he parked his first-response car and tried pushing him toward the highway

The Independent

LONDON, England — An on-duty London paramedic was attacked by a pedestrian in the latest in a spate of attacks on emergency response medics.

On November 16, a ‘single responder’ paramedic, sent ahead of an ambulance for a potentially serious call in north-west London, was grabbed by the throat by a passer-by, according to the Evening Standard.

The attacker was enraged about how the paramedic had parked his first-response car, and tried pushing him towards the A406 carriageway.

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