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Jul. 15--At first glance, Joel Lack was an off-duty Tulsa firefighter who only wanted to help.
A grisly, alcohol-related crash on Oklahoma 51 near 165th West Avenue had killed two bicyclists and injured a third. Mangled bicycle parts littered the road as Lack, 22, walked up and started tending to the victims.
But as investigators looked into Lack's story, it became clear that he was posing as an emergency responder and had entered the area illegally, Tulsa County Assistant District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said.
Prosecutors charged Lack on Monday with impersonating a firefighter, interfering with an emergency medical technician and two counts of grand larceny after the July 9 crash that killed Christa Voss, 33, of Owasso and Matthew Edmonds, 34, of Tulsa. Another cyclist was seriously injured.
Lack is accused of walking into the scene -- at one point holding an IV bag and jumping into an ambulance -- and making off with medical equipment and controlled drugs.
Kunzweiler said Lack flashed a badge, had medical equipment with him and claimed to have experience as a paramedic.
Those claims started unraveling when medics noticed that a bag of medicine was missing. Other workers questioned Lack about the gear, and he stuck to the story about being an off-duty firefighter, Kunzweiler said.
Read more below
http://www.emsresponder.com/web/onl...der-Interferes-at-Oklahoma-Crash-Scene/1$9920
A grisly, alcohol-related crash on Oklahoma 51 near 165th West Avenue had killed two bicyclists and injured a third. Mangled bicycle parts littered the road as Lack, 22, walked up and started tending to the victims.
But as investigators looked into Lack's story, it became clear that he was posing as an emergency responder and had entered the area illegally, Tulsa County Assistant District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said.
Prosecutors charged Lack on Monday with impersonating a firefighter, interfering with an emergency medical technician and two counts of grand larceny after the July 9 crash that killed Christa Voss, 33, of Owasso and Matthew Edmonds, 34, of Tulsa. Another cyclist was seriously injured.
Lack is accused of walking into the scene -- at one point holding an IV bag and jumping into an ambulance -- and making off with medical equipment and controlled drugs.
Kunzweiler said Lack flashed a badge, had medical equipment with him and claimed to have experience as a paramedic.
Those claims started unraveling when medics noticed that a bag of medicine was missing. Other workers questioned Lack about the gear, and he stuck to the story about being an off-duty firefighter, Kunzweiler said.
Read more below
http://www.emsresponder.com/web/onl...der-Interferes-at-Oklahoma-Crash-Scene/1$9920
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