Oops... Maybe he wasn't drunk!

[davis513]

Phoenix News Story Link: http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=526676

Police: Diabetic Man Missing After Being Kicked Off Train

June 28th, 2007 @ 9:03am
by KPHO.com

PHOENIX - A 65-year-old St. Louis man went missing outside Williams, Ariz., after he was kicked off an Amtrak train in the middle of a national forest, Williams police said.

Police said Roosevelt Sims was headed to Los Angeles but was asked to leave the train shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday at a railroad crossing five miles outside Williams.

Police said there is no train station or running water at the crossing, which is about two miles from the nearest road.

Read More!: http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=526676

 

[davis513]

And now... the rest of the story

Fox11AZ.com's Link: http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/kmsb-20070629-apjc-amtracktrain.275b7c1c.html

Man, 65, found OK days after being forced off Amtrak train

09:38 AM MST on Friday, June 29, 2007

WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) -- A 65-year-old St. Louis man who disappeared Sunday night in northern Arizona after being escorted off an Amtrak train bound for Los Angeles has been found in the area where he got off the train.

The Williams Police Department says a sheriff's deputy who had been involved in a search for Roosevelt Sims spotted him about 9:40 p.m. last night walking along the railroad track some three miles southeast of Williams.

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[MMiz]

That one was a big news story too. It can be nearly impossible for a non-medical person to tell the difference between a drunk and diabetic though.

 

[wolfwyndd]

There's a lawsuit waiting to happen.

 

[BossyCow]

That one was a big news story too. It can be nearly impossible for a non-medical person to tell the difference between a drunk and diabetic though.

How about basic first aid? Every class format I've ever taught has a reference to the similarities between diabetic and drunk.

 

[disassociative]

As I am sure most of you already know,
Anytime you have an altered mental status, please make sure to get a blood/glucose reading before making presumptions; however--the layperson doesn't have this privelege.