Accident victim at center of University Hospital blood-draw controversy dies

Police union claims Salt Lake City’s handling of the matter has made “pariahs” of the two officers who arrested nurse for refusing to allow them to obtain blood sample.

(Salt Lake City Police Department/Courtesy of Karra Porter) In this July 26, 2017, frame grab from video taken from a police body camera and provided by attorney Karra Porter, nurse Alex Wubbels is arrested by a Salt Lake City police officer at University Hospital in Salt Lake City. The Utah police department is making changes after the officer dragged Wubbels out of the hospital in handcuffs when she refused to allow blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient.

Accident victim at center of University Hospital blood-draw controversy dies

Police union claims Salt Lake City’s handling of the matter has made “pariahs” of the two officers who arrested nurse for refusing to allow them to obtain blood sample.

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