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Two Sangamon County, Illinois, emergency services workers face first-degree murder charges after authorities accused them of improperly positioning a patient face-down on a gurney and tying him from behind to move him. to hospital.
The couple of emergency services workers, Peter Cadigan, 50, and Peggy Finley, 44, are employees of LifeStar Ambulance Service, who are charged with manslaughter for causing the death of Earl Moore Jr, 35, who was declared Died on arrival at hospital on December 18, 2022.
The autopsy revealed that the cause of death was “compression and positional asphyxia due to restraint face down in the prone position in a paramedic transport cot”.
What were the facts?
According to local media reports, investigators said Cadigan and Finley incorrectly placed Moore face down on a gurney with a medical strap on his back while transporting him to the hospital.
According to authorities, police officers initially responded to a home in Springfield, Illinois, around 2 a.m. after receiving a call about people inside with firearms.
Once on the scene, officers found Moore lying on his bed and “quickly realized he needed medical assistance,” police said. An ambulance was then called and arrived at the house at 2:18 a.m.
Body camera footage shows a paramedic motioning for Moore to walk to the ambulance despite the fact that she was “unable to walk and no assistance was offered by medical personnel,” police said.
Three officers then took turns helping Moore through the house before medical staff placed him on the stretcher face down and secured him before transport, body camera footage shows.
Moore died at the hospital at 3:14 a.m. and his death has been classified as a homicide, Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon said at Tuesday’s news conference.
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