Two gardaí have been reprimanded after they drove away from a man who collapsed with a heart attack in Donegal earlier this year.
Seamus Duffy (50) complained of chest pains after being stopped by gardaí at a checkpoint in Ballybofey on April 7th.
Witnesses at the scene rang for an ambulance and Mr Duffy, who has a lung infection, was then taken to hospital.
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Mr Duffy, who is from Killygordon, complained to the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) about the incident.
Local councillor Frank McBrearty - who acted on behalf of Mr Duffy during correspondence with GSOC, spoke to Jonathan Healy on Lunchtime today about the case.
He says if it was not for the people who rang the ambulance, he could have died:
