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PRESS RELEASE
GREENBELT CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Officer alerts citizens to out of control vehicle; rescues driver suffering from medical emergency
On Friday, April 25th at approximately 11:45 A.M., Private First Class Ryan Peck, a three year veteran of the Greenbelt Police Department, was on routine patrol in the 7400 block of Greenbelt Road when he observed a Honda Civic traveling west on Greenbelt Road suddenly veer to the right and strike the sidewalk. The vehicle continued through the intersection and headed for a shelter-type bus stop, where several citizens were sitting, unaware of the oncoming, out of control vehicle. Officer Peck immediately began sounding his horn and police siren in effort to warn those at the bus stop. The citizens were able to vacate the bus stop prior to the vehicle striking the bus stop, which was destroyed.
The officer then responded to the vehicle to check on the driver. It was discovered that the driver had no pulse and was not breathing. Peck, who had recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq where he served as Navy medic assigned to the United States Marine Corp, immediately began performing CPR, along with two Maryland National Capital Park Police Officers who responded to the scene to assist.
When the victim failed to respond to the officers’ CPR attempts, Officer Peck retrieved the AED (Automated External Defibrillator) from his cruiser and continued to render aid. The AED proved effective, as the victim began breathing on his own.
The victim, a 74 year old College Park, MD man, was then transported by ambulance to Doctor’s Community Hospital for treatment.
The Department has six AEDs, with one at the police station, one at the Beltway Plaza sub-station, and each of the remaining four assigned to each patrol squad.
Prepared by MPO George Mathews
April 30th, 2008 1:45 P.M.
240-542-2116
301-503-6890 (Media Cell Phone)
Greenbelt Police Department
550 Crescent Road
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Non-Emergency: 301-474-7200
Emergency: 301-474-5454