Chief Justice Roberts won´t be charged for his ambulance ride

[MaineDem]

ST. GEORGE, Maine — Chief Justice John Roberts won´t have to worry about the bill for the ambulance ride to a nearby hospital.

The volunteer St. George ambulance service is funded entirely by donations and fundraisers, staffed by volunteers _ and it´s free.

"We don´t charge people for rides," said Mike Smith, a contractor who serves as director of St. George Volunteer Ambulance Associates.

Smith was installing trim on a home when his pager went off Monday afternoon after Roberts suffered a seizure and took a tumble.

He said he was on the scene treating Roberts on Hupper Island about five minutes later after a short boat ride. "You clean up your hands a bit, and you go" is how Smith described the response to an emergency call.

Smith and another volunteer, Candice Davis, helped to get Roberts back to the mainland, where he was transferred to an ambulance.

"He was conscious and alert. That´s all I´m allowed to say," Smith said.

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