A sober retired deputy wrongly arrested for DUI managed to utter three words that ended up saving his life
A person's will to defend themselves might get them out of many challenging situations. A retired deputy who stood up against false allegations of DUI (Driving Under the Influence) is a great example. The man was also in a life-threatening situation and managed to save himself with just a couple of words. The deputy, Dean Binkley, experienced a sugar crash while driving back from a doctor's appointment. However, the trooper who stopped him for his erratic driving felt that he was under the influence of a forbidden substance and charged him with DUI. The deputy then made a request that made the trooper, Nichols, call emergency medical services, per WSMV 4 Nashville.
Binkley was a Franklin County Sheriff's Deputy before his retirement and was completely sober while driving that day. However, he couldn't control his car because of his low blood sugar. "We are getting a lot of calls about your driving. You are all over the roadway," Nichols told Binkley. "So how come you are driving all over the roadway?" The trooper was asking questions to the former deputy and had noticed that he couldn't really answer any of them. "I don't remember anything," Binkley told the outlet after the incident. "I am telling you, man, I have never seen anybody drive like this," a witness explained. The trooper asked Binkley, "How much have you had to drink today?"
Binkley couldn't form a coherent answer, but pointed out that he hadn't had any alcohol at that time. He couldn't stand properly and had no idea where he was. He told the trooper that he had taken some medication. "What kind of medication?" The former deputy revealed, "Diabetes medication." The trooper told him that he would go to jail for DUI, but the man refused to accept that he was under any influence. "You are extremely DUI, you can't stand up." Nichols was really confused and didn't know what to do next. But then Binkley made a request that changed things. "I need sugar," he tried to explain. "You need sugar? You are low on sugar?" Binkley revealed that he appears to be drunk when he is really low on sugar, and the paramedics confirmed that.
The paramedics arrived at the scene and were able to help Binkley. "But then it will make stroke, forgetfulness, slurred speech, all of that," a paramedic continued. "I haven't dealt with something like this yet, so I don't know," Nichols, who was still not convinced about taking the DUI charges back, commented. "I don't want to make a bad call when he just needs medical treatment." Binkley had made several DUI arrests throughout his career as a deputy, but he was surprised with the incident. As he knew how to deal with diabetics as well. The man was still charged with a DUI and had to wait for seven months for his bloodwork to come back to be cleared of all charges.
People expressed their thoughts on the case in the comments section of the video. @Sharonsw-7mr wrote, "Dangerously low blood sugar in a diabetic can cause seizures, coma, and can be fatal. The man told Trooper Nichols that he was diabetic and that he needed sugar." @sld2155 commented, "40 years in Law Enforcement here. As soon as he mentioned diabetes, the Trooper should have changed course, gotten him EMS to give him some glucose, and then determined if he came out of the insulin reaction. It only takes a moment."