ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND, IS BEING SUED BY THE PARENTS of a man who died when he drove his motorcycle into the side of an ambulance last September 14.

According to the police report, the county fire department ambulance was  exiting a shopping center at a traffic signal which was green in his favor.  A motorcycle driven by a 21-yr.-old Virginia man went through the red light and ran into the left side of the ambulance, causing fatal injuries.

Now the family has come up with a couple of witnesses who say that the ambulance is the one that had the red light.  However, witnesses at the scene at the time told police that the motorcycle went through the red signal and their investigation confirmed that, so no charges were filed against the ambulance driver.

In a statement that’s sure to impress the judge that hears the civil suit,  the mother told the Annapolis Capital newspaper:

(The) determination was based largely on the police report and Mrs. Sergent said the police can’t be trusted.

“The police department and the fire department are family,” she said. She said the investigating officers talked to several of her witnesses, but refused to take a statement from at least one. “They covered up something this man did wrong,” she said.

“They figured they could get away with accusing him because he was young and from out of state,” she said. “His light was green.”

The fire department, the firefighters union and the county attorney are all backing the firefighter.  Assistant County Attorney Michael Lord said, “…we certainly stand behind our firefighter and plan to defend this.”

Read the full story in the Capital HERE.

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