ASHLAND, Ky. - A West Virginia ambulance driver has been charged with driving under the influence of controlled substances after he ran two red lights with a patient in the back, Ashland police said.
Steven Ray Marcum of Mingo County, W.Va., was transporting a patient Tuesday for Jan Care Ambulance Inc., a regional service, when he ran the traffic lights, said Ashland police Capt. Todd Kelley.
The lights and sirens of the ambulance weren't on, tipping police officer Bill Lucas that something was wrong, Kelley said.
"With this guy, it was obvious," Kelley said.
Marcum failed a field sobriety test and was blood-tested for drugs before going to jail at the Boyd County Detention Center, Kelley said. Marcum was released Tuesday night after posting a $750 bond, a spokeswoman at the detention center said Wednesday.
"Results are pending from the police ordered blood test and the independent test we ordered," Cornett said in a statement released Wednesday.
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