02 October, 2010

Two female traffic wardens accused of denying assistance to an endangered senior



Two female traffic wardens of Angers city are accused of no assistance to an endangered person. On september 27th, a couple of senior people, a retired doctor, 80 years old and his wife, 78, stopped their car at the bottom of their home, in Chevreul street, Angers, just for unloading their suitcases. Because they stopped the car on a parking place reserved for ambulances, the two female traffic wardens ordered them go to another place. After her husband had parked the car, the lady got off, but stumbled and collapsed.

The husband, telling he is doctor, gives assistance to his wife, in front of the two traffic wardens who don't move. "They just looked at the scene, without doing nothing", remembers a witness. Another pedestrian, among others, saw all the scene : "The man tried to resuscitate his wife. I call the firefighters. The traffic wardens seeing the lady on the ground, said they were not responsible. When I just came back with a blanket, they had vanished". City hall confirmed that.

The town councillor of Angers in charge of the issue tried to defend the two traffic wardens, arguing they didn't have mobile phone, meanwhile the police station is located less than 50 m in the street. It was even written that the case was just "a storm in a tea-cup" (meanwhile a person is dead). Finally, the two traffic wardens got a psychological assistance from town hall. Not the husband...

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