Police Use Stun Gun On Diabetic Driver.
( Portsmouth, N.H. ) Police in Portsmouth say an officer feared he was in danger when he tasered a 78-year-old man who, while suffering from low blood sugar, had crashed into several cars and refused orders to stop.
Police say when the unidentified driver reached for something on the seat, the officer used a stun gun twice to subdue him. When police realized he was a diabetic in the midst of a medical situation, he was given intravenous treatment and his condition immediately improved. He was not charged.