A PARAMEDIC has been arrested after allegedly failing a roadside drugs test when a child was knocked down by an ambulance, we can reveal.
The woman, 40, was driving with blue lights and sirens on to an emergency call when it is claimed she hit the 14-year-old boy in Edinburgh.
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Cops quickly attended and the medic was nicked when she allegedly tested positive for having cannabis in her system.
The teenager was taken to the city’s Royal Infirmary as a precaution and was later released.
Last night an insider said: “It is outrageous that someone driving these vehicles at speed on an emergency call would fail any sort of test.
“Everyone was flabbergasted. No one could believe it.
“She was arrested and has been suspended. Thankfully the lad was not badly injured.”
“But it’s a real worry to think an individual administering drugs to patients could be doing so while intoxicated with illegal drugs themselves.”
We can also reveal that the paramedic was on her way to help a 62-year-old struck by an HGV in the capital’s Gorgie district at the time of Tuesday afternoon’s collision.
It’s feared the man was dragged for two miles under the truck’s wheels before his body fell from it on Calder Road.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Staff falling short of our high standards are managed in line with workforce policies.”
Last night Police Scotland said: “A 40-year-old woman was arrested in connection with a crash involving an ambulance and a male pedestrian, 14, at Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, on Tuesday. Our enquiries are continuing.”