Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
One November night two years ago, State Police found Daniel Fried slumped behind the wheel of his van along Route 72 in Burlington County. He stared forward, eyelids drooping. He was incoherent, slurred his words and seemed to be falling asleep.
He may have looked drunk or like he was on drugs, but doctors say these are classic symptoms of diabetic shock. Paramedics found Fried?s blood sugar was so low he could have suffered a coma, seized or died, according to State Police records.
But two troopers took his erratic behavior for belligerence. They wrestled him down, hit him with a baton and arrested him, their reports said. The struggle was captured by a microphone on one of the troopers, and the recording was obtained by The Star-Ledger.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/nj_state_police_diabetes_train.html
He may have looked drunk or like he was on drugs, but doctors say these are classic symptoms of diabetic shock. Paramedics found Fried?s blood sugar was so low he could have suffered a coma, seized or died, according to State Police records.
But two troopers took his erratic behavior for belligerence. They wrestled him down, hit him with a baton and arrested him, their reports said. The struggle was captured by a microphone on one of the troopers, and the recording was obtained by The Star-Ledger.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/nj_state_police_diabetes_train.html
