Paramedic stabbed in roadside ambush

Compton_effect said:
In the late 90's a member of my mom's book-club was driving it back to Vanderbijlpark from Three Rivers.
As she rounded one corner there was a guy lying in the road. Having heard of cases like this, and driving a Range Rover - she swerved to the left and drove through the grass on the side of the road. Phoned the police and told them about the body.
When a police patrol drove through to investigate, they didn't find a body in the road, but two dead guys inn the grass. :twisted:
Not a urban legend. Her husband had worked with my dad.
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I have heard this story so often, and each time it's someone's something' something. Must be a small world if everyone knows this person! Unless this kind of thing happens often. :erm:

And regardless of an area being dodgy, EMT's are there to help, and it's a disgrace that they get ambushed like this. It makes one lose a lot of faith in humanity. :(
 
Alan said:
Any decent human being has the instinct to help. One just has too evaluate the situation before deciding what too do. At the very least phone the emergency services at the next place it's safe to stop.
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I used to be a decent human being; then the world changed.
 
Slootvreter said:
I have heard this story so often, and each time it's someone's something' something. Must be a small world if everyone knows this person! Unless this kind of thing happens often. :erm:

And regardless of an area being dodgy, EMT's are there to help, and it's a disgrace that they get ambushed like this. It makes one lose a lot of faith in humanity. :(
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In this case I know her surname. Her husband was a Pharmacist in Vanderbijlpark. Hence mentioning that it was not a urban legend.
But yes. This is a reprehensible case. They knew someone was bound to stop. The cops know how invaluable EMT's are to their jobs. It's not going to be pleasant to them if they get caught.
 
Compton_effect said:
In this case I know her surname. Her husband was a Pharmacist in Vanderbijlpark. Hence mentioning that it was not a urban legend.
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You seem to believe that she was actually the one that it happened to. Ok then.

I have always thought that one has to be a very special kind of human to want to become an EMT. Actually WANTING to save people that often don't deserve it, eg. a drunk driver who is injured badly and killed innocent people, an attacker that is seriously injured and lying in the road, etc etc.

NOTE: I mean special in a good way ;)
 
Slootvreter said:
You seem to believe that she was actually the one that it happened to. Ok then.

I have always thought that one has to be a very special kind of human to want to become an EMT. Actually WANTING to save people that often don't deserve it, eg. a drunk driver who is injured badly and killed innocent people, an attacker that is seriously injured and lying in the road, etc etc.

NOTE: I mean special in a good way ;)
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+1 and that is why this is so disturbing...
 
This is horrible!! I would not blame paramedics if they now decide it is time to arm themselves.

b166er said:
South African survival guide:
If you see someone in the road, leave them.
If you see a hitch-hiker, do not pick them up.
If somebody asks you for money with some story, do not believe them.
If you see a car next to the road, do not stop to help.

This is what the South African "society" has come to.
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+1 This. I mostly come across people who tell me some sob story about how they lost their money or are in need of money. I don't give them a cent.
 
Albereth said:
I doubt that he was targetted as a paramedic - I just think he was the next dude who came along.
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This is probably the case, but surely he saw that this was a paramedic wanting to help? He would have noticed if it was his own brother or child.
 
Slootvreter said:
This is probably the case, but surely he saw that this was a paramedic wanting to help? He would have noticed if it was his own brother or child.
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I suspect that in their twisted, uneducated minds; paramedics only help the "Haves" not the "Have Nots". So killing him is no different to killing that father of 3 that stops to help.
 
Compton_effect said:
I don't want to be funny, but Mario Milani Road is as dodgy as it can get.
Right next to the river, in bad condition, with mine dumps on the other side. Almost no one there, except for a shooting range and a sand yard.
And it has a reputation for hijackings and robberies. There has been countless warnings about just that type of attack on that specific road.

In the late 90's a member of my mom's book-club was driving it back to Vanderbijlpark from Three Rivers.
As she rounded one corner there was a guy lying in the road. Having heard of cases like this, and driving a Range Rover - she swerved to the left and drove through the grass on the side of the road. Phoned the police and told them about the body.
When a police patrol drove through to investigate, they didn't find a body in the road, but two dead guys inn the grass. :twisted:
Not a urban legend. Her husband had worked with my dad.
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I remember this story.
 
Slootvreter said:
This is probably the case, but surely he saw that this was a paramedic wanting to help? He would have noticed if it was his own brother or child.
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Did he have his paramedic uniform on? Not too sure from reading the story.

Doubt it would have made any difference though.
 
Rickster said:
Why do paramedics carry valuables on them?
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His wallet was to buy some lunch when he gets a gap and the one phone could be personal to stay in touch with family and friends and the other one could have been a work phone.

Bizarre question ... what valuables are you referring to?
 
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