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Boozy Britain's bloody New Year: A 999 call every seven seconds in alcohol-induced mayhem
Violence scarred celebrations and led to a bloody New Year across the country as emergency services endured a chaotic end to 2008. Ambulance control centres reported receiving 999 calls as often as once every seven seconds - the second highest volume of calls since the Millennium - as binge drinkers turned nasty in the freezing temperatures. Many of the calls related either to alcohol-fuelled assaults or excessive drunkenness.Booze contributed to time-wasting calls to 999 operators too, with one man calling to ask if New York was in America, and what time it was there. Elsewhere, while large numbers were ferried to hospitals, in some areas injuries were treated by paramedics in 'booze buses' to leave ambulances free for more serious emergencies. Posted by: Beavis 2009-01-03 |
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