Canadian police ticket man with nails in his head

A police officer in Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada insisted on detaining and ticketing a man who was being rushed to the hospital to remove nails embedded in his skull. After construction foreman Gavin Docherty received two hits to the head from a nail gun in a terrible workplace accident, a first-aid worker moved swiftly to drive Docherty to Saanich Peninsula Hospital. The pair made it half-way before being intercepted by a police officer.

"We showed him the nail sticking out of my forehead but he didn't care at all," Docherty said. "He was dead set on getting some tickets."



The workers were stopped and accused of driving 92km/h (57 MPH) in a 50km/h (31 MPH) zone. The officer allowed Docherty to proceed to the hospital for treatment, but the officer followed so that he could issue the driver a $167 CAD ticket for not wearing a seatbelt. Central Saanich police Chief Paul Hames supported the ticket because the officer was following the law.

"The public will see a nail in a forehead and not see the other side of the story," Hames said.