Corbin woman accused of assaulting ambulance worker trying to get her to hospital

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Corbin woman was charged with allegedly assaulting emergency personnel who were trying to get her to the hospital on Wednesday.

The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office told FOX 56 News that around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, deputies were dispatched 12 miles south of London to the area of Beatty Avenue in response to reports of a woman holding a small child in a ditch line.

A Cobrin city police officer was at the scene when deputies arrived, who said the woman holding the child had allegedly been raped.

Court documents note that deputies found Olivia Thomas, 28, in the back of an ambulance and unable to cooperate with law enforcement. She told deputies she had not been raped, but “was on some type of drug, possibly meth,” a uniform citation reads.

The sheriff’s office got in contact with social services since a child was involved, informing them of the situation. Thomas and the child were both taken to Baptist Health Corbin in separate ambulances, per an arrest citation.

Social services members met with the LCSO at the hospital, where an EMS technician who was in the ambulance with Thomas said she allegedly grabbed his arm and slapped him on the face while she was in his care.

The ambulance crew member reportedly had redness in his face but denied immediate medical treatment.

Thomas was charged with third-degree assault of EMS personnel, endangering the welfare of a minor, and public intoxication under the influence of a controlled substance.

She was lodged in the Laurel County Correctional Center.