Rochester Ambulance Workers Assaulted

Ambulance workers are sounding the alarm about assaults on personnel.

The union representing AMR Rochester tells 13 WHAM two crew members were assaulted last week near Lyell Avenue when they answered a call about an unconscious man in the street.

Union vice chair Aidan McLnerney says the patient woke up and attacked the EMTs -- punching, kicking and biting them -- then ran off.

The two crew members returned to work later that night.


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