By Jason Riley
The Courier-Journal
An Emergency Medical Service ambulance driver charged with murder after an April 2008 wreck in which a patient suffered fatal injuries had methadone in her system and mistakenly believed she had run over a teenager who she said had darted in front of her vehicle, according to court records.
A distraught Tammy Renee Brewer told police on April 3, 2008, that she swerved to avoid the teen while she was transporting Vickie Whobrey, 54, to Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital at 1850 Bluegrass Ave. in southwestern Louisville.
“I don’t know why, but I cut toward him not away from him,” Brewer told Shively police, according to recently released court records. “I don’t know if I hit him or not. Please look for the little boy.”
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