An Oswestry first responder had to pull a member of the public out of their car who was trying to enter their emergency vehicle.
Oswestry District Community First Responders, who are volunteers, trained to attend emergency medical incidents, said that a crew member was the subject of abuse and “choice language” from a member of the public during the incident.
It happened at the end of last month and saw the crew member being verbally abused while the individual attempted to enter the team's vehicle.
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A spokesperson for Oswestry District Community First Responders said: “Whilst on a Night Shift, a member of our team had an altercation with a member of the public.
“During the altercation, the individual gained access to the rear of our response car before climbing into the vehicle whilst using some choice language directed at our crew member.
“Unfortunately, our crew member had to physically remove the individual from the vehicle multiple times, as they repeatedly pushed against our crew member and attempted to regain access to the vehicle whilst continuing to use offensive language.”
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The spokesperson confirmed that the “crew member is okay” and was “unharmed during this incident”.
Oswestry District Community First Responders reminded the public: “West Midlands Ambulance Service has a Zero Tolerance policy towards any form of physical or verbal assault aimed at our crews and this incident was immediately reported to our control room and to the police”.
