Posted on 03/14/2014 6:09:48 AM PDT by DariusBane
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma City man said he almost died after a car accident because police failed to get him medical treatment in a timely manner. On Christmas Eve Heshem Hendam was driving through the intersection of 122nd and McArthur when he and another driver crashed. When police arrived Hendam said his passenger was treated by EMSA while police questioned whether he was drunk. “She said to me, you’re drunk, she just concluded that. I said no I’m not drunk. I didn’t drink anything. I didn’t do any narcotics” said Hendam He says the officer didn’t believe him. “They hand cuffed me they put me in the back of the police car. I was like a caged animal in the back of the police car while I’m injured and loosing consciousness gradually, and I’m pain asking for help,” he said. Instead of being taken to Mercy Hospital which was closer from the accident scene at 2.8 miles away with an approximate 4 minute drive he was taken to Deaconess Hospital which is about 6 miles away and a 13 minute drive. “The first thing they did is not to check me but to draw blood out of me for the toxicology report.” He said that was done at the officer’s request. He gave News Channel 4 a copy of the toxicology that shows he didn’t have any alcohol or drugs in his system. “I came so close to dying so close to dying because there were so many hours wasted. What is interesting I had a visible swollen lump on my face from where I got hit,” Hendam said. Doctors then realized he had a serious head injury and needed emergency surgery to stop the bleeding on his brain. Hours after the accident – he was finally transported to St. Anthony Hospital. Hendam said his doctors told him he was close to being in a vegetative state and risked permanent abnormalities because of how long it took for him to receive medical treatment. “Suppose I died, if I died and lost my life I wouldn’t be here to say my own story,” he said while crying. “I’m nobody I don’t have anything to fight with they are the police, they are so strong and powerful I cannot defend myself against them. They have the power to prove whatever they want.” “This is really a life or death kind of decision that this officer missed on,” said his attorney Eric Cotton. Heshem and Cotton are now suing the city of Oklahoma City and the police department. Cotton said, “If the officer would have just let EMSA take a look at him, if she had him transported to a hospital in a quicker manner maybe he wouldn’t have had to undergo the brain surgery that he had to undergo on an emergency basis.” The attorney points to what he calls numerous inaccuracies within the police report. First, it shows a diagram of Hendam hitting the other vehicle basically putting him at fault. But pictures taken by the insurance adjuster shows damage on one side of the car and no damage anywhere else, supporting the claim Hendam was t-boned by the other driver. The second, is the report has the wrong hospitals listed. This paperwork shows the woman in the car with Hendam was taken to St. Anthony Hospital when in fact she was taken to Mercy Hospital. Then it states he was taken there as well when he was actually taken to Deaconess Hospital first then to St. Anthony. Mix-ups like this make Cotton question everything that happened at the scene. “So many things could have been done that more likely than not could have prevented this from getting to the life threatening situation that it did,” he said. While Hendam has a permanent scar on his head, he wants to move past this. He praises the team of surgeons at St. Anthony Hospital for saving his life. “The staff was amazing to me. I thank God in heaven that gave me a second chance,” Hendam said. But he prays this doesn’t happen to anyone else. We talked to Oklahoma City Police about this case at length for close to a week. However the department is not commenting publicly on this lawsuit.
Police falsified the report of what happened, and the sequence of events.
Comeondudenodisrespectintendedbutputsomeparagraphsinitandmaybesomeonewillreadit.
That’sfunnyrightthere!
From the article:
“Suppose I died, if I died and lost my life I wouldn’t be here to say my own story,” he said while crying. “I’m nobody I don’t have anything to fight with they are the police, they are so strong and powerful I cannot defend myself against them. They have the power to prove whatever they want.”
Yes they do. Voters have given the city and the Police power to swagger around in shiny new police cars and exact “justice”. The City of Oklahoma City just hired 40 new officers, and this is the kind of thing local politicians run for office promising. So for some reason, the issue of more cops and more “safety” still resonates with voters. I have no idea why.
You will be fine.
” loosing consciousness gradually”
Doing what?
I’lldittothat!
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this man should be compensated from the assests of the former police involved;but the taxpayers will pay instead and the overly aggressive ,lazy, incompetent officers will continue in the job.
I was hit by a red-light runner several years ago and the officer began by accusing me of causing the crash;the emt had to almost push the officer out of the way to begin evaluation.
If not for the brave emt ,I would have likely been similarly (mis)treated. The officer did apologize the following day after witness statements had made it clear the other driver was completely at fault.
The accident report listed the wrong hospital in my case,too.Just sloppy work.
And in “my” first crash ,while driving down a city street ,my car was struck in the passenger door by a car exiting a private drive;yet the responding officer reported the fault as mine. The officer being a friend of the other driver and witness May have had something to do with that!?
Americans have not paid enough attention or cared to insist police agencies operate correctly.
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma City man said he almost died after a car accident because police failed to get him medical treatment in a timely manner. On Christmas Eve Heshem Hendam was driving through the intersection of 122nd and McArthur when he and another driver crashed. When police arrived Hendam said his passenger was treated by EMSA while police questioned whether he was drunk. “She said to me, you’re drunk, she just concluded that. I said no I’m not drunk. I didn’t drink anything. I didn’t do any narcotics” said Hendam He says the officer didn’t believe him. “They hand cuffed me they put me in the back of the police car. I was like a caged animal in the back of the police car while I’m injured and loosing consciousness gradually, and I’m pain asking for help,” he said. Instead of being taken to Mercy Hospital which was closer from the accident scene at 2.8 miles away with an approximate 4 minute drive he was taken to Deaconess Hospital which is about 6 miles away and a 13 minute drive. “The first thing they did is not to check me but to draw blood out of me for the toxicology report.” He said that was done at the officer’s request. He gave News Channel 4 a copy of the toxicology that shows he didn’t have any alcohol or drugs in his system. “I came so close to dying so close to dying because there were so many hours wasted. What is interesting I had a visible swollen lump on my face from where I got hit,” Hendam said. Doctors then realized he had a serious head injury and needed emergency surgery to stop the bleeding on his brain. Hours after the accident – he was finally transported to St. Anthony Hospital. Hendam said his doctors told him he was close to being in a vegetative state and risked permanent abnormalities because of how long it took for him to receive medical treatment. “Suppose I died, if I died and lost my life I wouldn’t be here to say my own story,” he said while crying. “I’m nobody I don’t have anything to fight with they are the police, they are so strong and powerful I cannot defend myself against them. They have the power to prove whatever they want.” “This is really a life or death kind of decision that this officer missed on,” said his attorney Eric Cotton. Heshem and Cotton are now suing the city of Oklahoma City and the police department. Cotton said, “If the officer would have just let EMSA take a look at him, if she had him transported to a hospital in a quicker manner maybe he wouldn’t have had to undergo the brain surgery that he had to undergo on an emergency basis.” The attorney points to what he calls numerous inaccuracies within the police report. First, it shows a diagram of Hendam hitting the other vehicle basically putting him at fault. But pictures taken by the insurance adjuster shows damage on one side of the car and no damage anywhere else, supporting the claim Hendam was t-boned by the other driver. The second, is the report has the wrong hospitals listed. This paperwork shows the woman in the car with Hendam was taken to St. Anthony Hospital when in fact she was taken to Mercy Hospital. Then it states he was taken there as well when he was actually taken to Deaconess Hospital first then to St. Anthony. Mix-ups like this make Cotton question everything that happened at the scene. “So many things could have been done that more likely than not could have prevented this from getting to the life threatening situation that it did,” he said. While Hendam has a permanent scar on his head, he wants to move past this. He praises the team of surgeons at St. Anthony Hospital for saving his life. “The staff was amazing to me. I thank God in heaven that gave me a second chance,” Hendam said. But he prays this doesn’t happen to anyone else. We talked to Oklahoma City Police about this case at length for close to a week. However the department is not commenting publicly on this lawsuit.
You’re bad.
Death by wall of text.
How old are you people?
Thank you. I think Freepers have ADHD or something.
The article is short, easy to read. A link is supplied.
But all I see is weeping, sadness, gnashing of teeth by either the very old, the very young, or ADHD challenged old people.
So keep bitching about formatting and ignore the article.
Relax and enjoy it with the rest of us.
You can now claim to have started one of the funnier threads on FR.
The police lied? Inconceivable!!!!
I’ve been “lurkin” here since 2004 and never registered as a member until today.
Your comment made me laugh so hard that I nearly pissed myself, and thus, motivated me to register just so I could tell you that.
Too damn funny.
(Oh, it hurts.)
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