CHARDON, Ohio - - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is examining a pre-dawn crash including an ambulance that left the client because ambulance dead and 2 medics injured.
Sgt. Aaron Belcher of the patrol's Chardon post stated a Jeep driven by 36-year-old Jason Slepsky of Chardon failed to yield to the ambulance.
The preliminary investigation shows the ambulance was southbound on state Route 528 while the Jeep Wrangler was eastbound on Chardon-Windsor Road
.
" The Jeep Wrangler stopped working to accept the ambulance, striking the ambulance at the crossway. After impact at the crossway, the Jeep Wrangler caught on fire and the ambulance traveled off the best side of the roadway where it reversed," said Belcher.
At the time, the ambulance was taking 47-year-old William Maley, of Dorset Township, to a regional medical facility on a medical call.
The highway patrol said Maley was pronounced dead at the scene, having actually succumbed to injuries suffered in the crash.
The medic driving the ambulance was taken to a regional medical facility where he was treated for minor injuries and released.
Chief Shaun Buehner of the South Central Ambulance District stated the motorist of the ambulance had no chance to react before the accident.
" He had no possibility to swerve or hit the brakes. Before they understood it, they were on their side and the motorist was calling for shared help," stated Buehner.
The paramedic addressing Maley in the back of the ambulance, determined as Jesse Sopko, suffered severe injuries and was flown to University Hospitals in
Cleveland where he went through surgical treatment on Tuesday afternoon.
Buehner told BNN News Sopko had been working full-time for the local ambulance district since April and part-time for the
Madison Fire District, explaining him as a real asset to their department.
Sopko was stated to have suffered several broken bones, vertebrae and other distressing injuries which his chief stated were more major than were first thought to have been at the scene.
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On Tuesday early morning, Slepsky, who had the ability to get out of his burning Jeep with no severe injuries, appeared in Chardon Municipal Court, charged with one count of intensified vehicular murder and 2 counts of intensified vehicular attack.
His attorney got in a plea of innocent on the charges.
Although the highway patrol said private investigators believe alcohol and drugs played a part in the crash, in court, Slepsky's lawyer said he evaluated listed below the legal limit on a portable test at the scene and was asked to provide a urine test - - the outcomes of which had actually not yet been identified.
Geauga County Prosecutor James Flaiz requested for the court to set bond at $300,000.
"There was a portable test that was under, however the accused also confessed that he's recommended Zoloft and confessed to cannabis usage, prior cannabis use, which is why the urine screen was taken," stated Flaiz.
Judge Terri Stupika set bond at $500,000.
The highway patrol said the crash remains under examination.
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