Nate Gartrell – Bay Area News Group
RICHMOND — A man has sued the city’s Fire Department over injuries he suffered when a fire truck ran him over last year, lacerating his spleen and breaking his back.
But attorneys for the city of Richmond have countered by pointing out that the plaintiff, Emilson Garcia-Ponce, was allegedly sleeping on the Fire Department’s driveway with a blood alcohol level that was measured at .15 percent. The two sides had a status conference on Thursday, where Richmond’s lawyers reported that Garcia-Ponce “wasn’t visible” to the driver who ran him over…