A Portland man died waiting for an ambulance that didn't arrive for 32 minutes

It took 32 minutes for an ambulance to arrive after a man in a wheelchair was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Northeast Portland on April 28. Firefighters tried to save him, but by the time the ambulance arrived more than half an hour later, the man had died.

Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/inve...

"Without a doubt, if you have an ambulance on that call when the call comes in, you at least give that person the benefit of the doubt," said Isaac McLennan, president of the Portland Fire Fighters' Association. "You at least give that person the ability to have a chance to live."

KGW has produced a series of reports in recent months on delayed ambulance response times. Multnomah County contracts with AMR for ambulance services. For the past year, AMR has failed to meet county standards for emergency response.

Subscribe:    / kgwnews8  
Watch the latest KGW newscast: https://www.kgw.com/watch
Get the KGW app: https://kgw.com/appredirect