Sheriff's deputies zapped a car accident victim with a stun gun several times Friday morning after he became violent with emergency workers who tried to put a neck brace on him, authorities said.
The crash occurred about 3:30 a.m. when the man, Mark Holder, 30, of Boynton Beach had a seizure in the Cadillac he was driving along Military Trail and Champion Drive, and his passenger, NeNe Piltoff, 47, of Delray Beach, had to take the wheel, sheriff's spokeswoman Teri Barbera said.
The car jumped the median heading southbound in the northbound lanes of Military Trail before it swerved off the road and smashed into the Addison Court plaza sign.
As fire-rescue workers tried to put a neck brace on Holder, he fought them, Barbera said.
After he was subdued, he was taken to Delray Medical Center with serious injuries, Barbera said. Piltoff suffered a dislocated elbow.
Sun-Sentinel
Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:21 UTC
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Comment: Just what kind threat can a car crash victim with "serious injuries" pose that Deputies need to repeatedly shock him? The more Tasers are used like this the more it becomes normalized in the media's portrayal, with no hint in this article that Tasing a car crash victim is anything other than normal, business as usual. Feel safer yet?