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Sometimes, dead just isn't dead enough.

-Wes Ogilvie, MPA, JD, LP

-Attorney/Licensed Paramedic

-Austin, Texas

Medical examiner arrives to find accident victim isn't dead

SAN ANTONIO — An investigator for the medical examiner's office arrived at a

traffic accident to examine the victim's body and made a startling discovery:

the woman wasn't dead.

Trapped in a crumbled car early Sunday, the woman was draped in a yellow sheet,

the typical procedure when someone is killed.

But " on arrival, the medical examiner's investigator noted the victim appeared

to be breathing and was trapped in the vehicle, " said a statement issued by the

Bexar County medical examiner's office. " EMS was called to the scene and took

charge of the victim. "

a , 23, was taken to the hospital in critical condition Sunday.

She was the front passenger in a Honda Accord with two other people, when the

Accord was struck by a vehicle that crossed the Loop 410 median and slammed into

the Accord head-on.

The driver of that vehicle, Ann Ybarra, 28, was charged with intoxication

assault, said police spokesman Joe Rios.

The driver of the Accord and the other passenger were treated and released from

the hospital.

Rios would not comment on the apparent mistake involving .

Randy , the spokesman for Emergency Medical Services, said Sunday the

incident is " under review. " He did not immediately return a message left Monday

morning.

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I pray that I am never in those medics shoes. That is definately

an " OPPS " moment!

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> Sometimes, there's dead - and then there's dead!

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> -Wes Ogilvie, MPA, JD, LP

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> Medical examiner arrives to find accident victim isn't dead

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> SAN ANTONIO †" An investigator for the medical examiner's office

arrived at a traffic accident to examine the victim's body and made a

startling discovery: the woman wasn't dead.

>

> Trapped in a crumbled car early Sunday, the woman was draped in a

yellow sheet, the typical procedure when someone is killed.

>

> But " on arrival, the medical examiner's investigator noted the

victim appeared to be breathing and was trapped in the vehicle, " said

a statement issued by the Bexar County medical examiner's

office. " EMS was called to the scene and took charge of the victim. "

>

> a , 23, was taken to the hospital in critical

condition Sunday.

>

> She was the front passenger in a Honda Accord with two other

people, when the Accord was struck by a vehicle that crossed the Loop

410 median and slammed into the Accord head-on.

>

> The driver of that vehicle, Ann Ybarra, 28, was charged with

intoxication assault, said police spokesman Joe Rios.

>

> The driver of the Accord and the other passenger were treated and

released from the hospital.

>

> Rios would not comment on the apparent mistake involving .

>

> Randy , the spokesman for Emergency Medical Services, said

Sunday the incident is " under review. " He did not immediately return

a message left Monday morning.

>

>

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http://webmail.aol.com

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a " BIG OOPS " moment.

Then again, and I'm serious here----- don't forget DIVINE INTERVENTION.

Wes Ogilvie wrote:

Sometimes, dead just isn't dead enough.

-Wes Ogilvie, MPA, JD, LP

-Attorney/Licensed Paramedic

-Austin, Texas

Medical examiner arrives to find accident victim isn't dead

SAN ANTONIO — An investigator for the medical examiner's office arrived at a

traffic accident to examine the victim's body and made a startling discovery:

the woman wasn't dead.

Trapped in a crumbled car early Sunday, the woman was draped in a yellow sheet,

the typical procedure when someone is killed.

But " on arrival, the medical examiner's investigator noted the victim appeared

to be breathing and was trapped in the vehicle, " said a statement issued by the

Bexar County medical examiner's office. " EMS was called to the scene and took

charge of the victim. "

a , 23, was taken to the hospital in critical condition Sunday.

She was the front passenger in a Honda Accord with two other people, when the

Accord was struck by a vehicle that crossed the Loop 410 median and slammed into

the Accord head-on.

The driver of that vehicle, Ann Ybarra, 28, was charged with intoxication

assault, said police spokesman Joe Rios.

The driver of the Accord and the other passenger were treated and released from

the hospital.

Rios would not comment on the apparent mistake involving .

Randy , the spokesman for Emergency Medical Services, said Sunday the

incident is " under review. " He did not immediately return a message left Monday

morning.

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