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Show . . ....... Ambulance Delay Inquiry Slatedi : ; ; : t How Convict at Utah State Prison Made Ilia Getaway LJHih - w i I l! i i! 1 -:- . ; r v' 4,'j ' "si J -Z- vi". - j '5; i i ir.,;;.., . ' .S v ' --.' 1 n, I V ' .r.. A II 1 1 i .'T vH( ( - ,V'V , jo r5 v " ' i : U ? I ' : ? " TV " 7 llkoajasaw..re --.a L. . r j aotWa . j J' f DIAGBAM-PHOTO OF DEATH-DEFYING ESCAPE MADE B PRISON FUGITIVE " V ' J After climbing to top of cellhouse at left, Francis (Bud) Cushmaa, Inset, travaM hand-avor- 1 :' ... i. . hanj along power lines. and then dropped to ground outside wall as guard fired shotgun. t jo rT v a? vm V I 2 CAR VICTIMS WAIT LOiiG FCil HELP TOARhiVE . . . - Rule of Police Against Unnecessary Runs Blamed ; What appeared to bo false economy econ-omy 'y providing ambulance service serv-ice for Salt Lake traffic accident victims was scheduled for Investigation Investi-gation Saturday after an asserted , delay In service for two pedestrians Injured In a mishap Friday night. Police, disclosed that witnesses complained of asserted delay la ambulance set ' . at the scene of . an accident In which William Davidson, 19, of 240 East South Temple street and Glenn Gardiner, Gardi-ner, 23, same address, suffered serious seri-ous Injuries. Both victims were reported In "good condition" at Holy Cross hospital. Crossing East South Temple Tem-ple street In the 200 block, they were struck by an automobile operated by BUI Soderberg, 23, of tJS First avenue, police said. Soderberg was arrested on speeding speed-ing charges. Delay Charged Officers said that an ambulance was called and that one victim was taken to the hospital in It. A see-end see-end ambulance was called for the ether victim, they said. Police said 35 minutes " passed before the first ambulance arrived at the scene, although there was no written report to this effect. The delay. It waa learned, resulted re-sulted not from delay In answering the call once . . was made, but front a police rule under which an ambulance am-bulance may not be called until investigators in-vestigators have determined there Is a need for ambulance service, Beeards Cited Records of the Salt Lake Transportation Trans-portation company showed the first call was received at 8:10 p. m. that an- ambulance left at 8:14 p. m. The oall for a second ambulance am-bulance was received at 8:19 p. m, the company records said. Other ambulances of the firm being la service elsewhere at the time, the call for the second vehicle was relayed re-layed to the Utah Transportation company, which sent an ambulance Immediately, It was reported. H. 8. Jennings, assistant manager man-ager of the Salt Lake Transportation Transporta-tion company, sate) both victims were not removed in the first ambulance am-bulance because both men had suffered suf-fered fractured limbs and that It was held advisable not to crowd them Into one ambulance. Object of criticism was a police department rule that an ambulance am-bulance shall not be called until Investigators have determined there is a need for ambulance service. serv-ice. . , . Must Be Necessary Once It is determined there Is need for an ambulance, the call must be placed with the desk sergeant ser-geant at the police station. He la turn relays the call to the ambulance am-bulance company. . . Edwin G. Woolley Jr, . publio safety building manager, said this procedure Is followed because the police department receives "world of calls for ambulance service serv-ice which should be placed privately. pri-vately. The department pays a call under a contract with the Salt Lake 'transportation company. com-pany. "We are trying to save money," be said, explaining the rule under which police do not call an ambulance am-bulance unless they deem it la necessary. laaolry Promised "We Investigate to see if It a proper call and if it is justified." However, Mayor John M. Wallace Wal-lace said there should be provision provi-sion for an immediate ambulance call la the case of a serious acd- ' dent "We want to give Immediate assistance," as-sistance," he said. "If there is a traffic accident, the cost of the ambulance call does not matter." "I am not familiar with the ds taus in tnia case, nut U the situation situa-tion needs correction, I am sure city officials will take steps immediately im-mediately to correct It. This at serious proposition and If there Is any delay la answering accident calls. It Is a matter we cannot let continue." Mayor Wallace Indicated an investigation in-vestigation would be made the first of the week. Mr. Woolley defended the system sys-tem and said he believed the public pub-lic is obtaining good ambulance service. |