Derrick Deanda pulled a man and his three children from their van in Elk Grove, California, in September 2015 after it toppled over. Paramedics with Cosumnes Community Services District took Mr. Deanda’s pulse and gave him a bottle of water during the ordeal — and then billed him $143.
“I pulled up right as it happened. There was a guy standing inside the van, because it was on its side, holding a 2 year-old infant,” the hero told a local CBS affiliate on Monday. “I mean why would I want to stop to help somebody if I’m going to get a bill for $150?”
Deputy Chief Mike McLaughlin told the station that officials had no choice but to bill the good Samaritan.
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4 comments:
The EMTs should have to make the Good Samaritan aware that he would be billed for any treatment/water before they began treatment.
Let no good deed go unpunished.
Everyone has choices every day. these para-idiots made a bad choice that day.
BS they had a choice and they made it
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