Arkansas father rushing his sick child to hospital won’t face charges after officer rammed into his car

Arkansas father rushing his sick child to hospital won’t face charges after officer rammed into his car State trooper used Pit ramming maneuvre to stop Dillon Hess from speeding while transporting his son to hospital An Arkansas father speeding while transporting his sick child to the hospital will not face charges after a state police trooper used a vehicle-ramming technique known as a Pit maneuvre to stop his vehicle, authorities have said. Officials said they have ruled out charges against the father, identified as Dillon Hess, who was speeding as he rushed his son to the hospital for emergency medical treatment after he suffered an allergic reaction, as the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette first reported . The Arkansas state police said their trooper, Amber Cass, was unaware of the emergency afflicting Hess’ son. And the agency’s director, Col Mike Hagar, said in a news release that the case “underscores the importance of communication when it’s necessary to transport someone having a medical emergency in a private vehicle, which occurs with regularity across Arkansas”. Cass encountered Hess as he drove his Jeep Cherokee on interstate 630 near downtown Little Rock – the capital of Arkansas – on 20 February, state police said. Hess’s wife, Kristen, and his sons, ages one and three, were passengers in the vehicle. The sick child was later taken to hospital by ambulance. Video showed how Cass’s patrol cruiser struck Hess’s side fender after reaching a speed of 70mph in a 60mph zone. The contact spun his Jeep out. She then used her cruiser to pin the Jeep – which had its hazard lights on – against a concrete barrier in the highway’s median. Hess at that point got out of the Jeep, and Cass can be seen in a window reflection approaching him with her service pistol drawn. “You gotta stop – you can’t keep driving,” Cass can be heard saying on the video as she cuffs him. She tells him he could have gotten to the hospital quicker if he had stopped. “Now you’ve got a felony charg...