Marco fire chief: Rolling gurney on gravel unsafe

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Photo by KELLY FARRELL, Staff

Emergency Medical Services officer Cherie Wilson-Watson assists as Planning Board members prepare to push the gurney with volunteer Councilman-elect Larry Magel onboard through gravel between bushes and the building in the City Hall complex on Friday morning. The demonstration coordinated by Marco Fire Chief Mike Murphy was to prove how difficult and unsafe it is to roll a gurney through loose gravel.

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Marco Island Fire Rescue Chief Mike Murphy pulls together a demonstration of how difficult and unsafe it is to roll a gurney on loose gravel during Friday morning's Planning Board meeting. Councilman-elect Larry Magel agreed to play patient as the planning board attempts to push him on the gurney through decorative gravel located between bushes and the building in the City Hall complex.