KENT, England — Paramedics in England are being criticized for posing for photos next to an overturned ambulance.
The emergency vehicle, which was not carrying any patients at the time, was said to be responding to an emergency call when it overturned after colliding with another vehicle.
The Daily Mail reported an onlooker as saying medics posed next to the ambulance as police officers snapped photos.
“They couldn’t stop giggling and messing around,” he said. “It just seemed very wrong to me. It was very unprofessional.”
No one was seriously injured in the crash, with the driver of the car being treated at the scene of minor injuries.
“There was a lot of traffic and the queues were just getting longer and longer,” the onlooker told the newspaper.
“Quite a few drivers were getting quite irate that their Sunday afternoon was getting held up while the emergency service workers appeared in no rush at all.”
A spokesman for the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said the behavior of the staff did not impact on the treatment of any patients.
“However, the way in which our staff behavior is perceived is of course extremely important and we will be reminding those involved that some people may view these actions as unprofessional.”