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UK paramedic gets death threat while treating teenager

The Herald Express

SOUTH DEVON, U.K. — A man threatened to kill a paramedic who was trying to save the life of a teenager after he collapsed at his house with a heart attack, a court heard.

South Devon magistrates in Torquay were told Robert Lane became agitated and angry with ambulance staff who were trying to revive the 19-year-old man.

Following the case, a spokesman for the ambulance service said: “Any abuse, whether verbal or physical, will not be tolerated. The trust takes incidents of this nature very seriously.”

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