Ambulance Driver Charged With DUI
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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. Directory assistance did not have a listing for Marcum. Jan Care Vice President J. Todd Cornett said Marcum tested “negative on a pre-hire drug screen five weeks ago and a post incidence urine drug screen. “Results are pending from the police ordered blood test and the independent test we ordered,” Cornett said in a statement released Wednesday. The Beckley, W.Va.-based company is assisting in the investigation, he said. |