Trending Topics

Medics suspended for 6 months in Texas misdeclared death case

By Brian Collister
WOAI-TV
Copyright 2008 WOAI-TV

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The state investigation into three San Antonio paramedics is now over. It is fallout from their failure to treat 23-year-old Erica Smith, who was left dying at an accident scene last December.

State investigators had initially proposed suspending the paramedics’ certifications for a year, but they cut that time in half after a closed door hearing.

It was last December when Erica Smith lay under a yellow tarp. She was still breathing, but the paramedics had moved on to try and save others involved in the crash.

Full Story: Medics will also get six months probation