New details: Hospital security officer in the ICU after aggravated robbery, assault from escaped hospital patient
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (ABC4) — Arrest documents revealed more information about the man who reportedly escaped a hospital, stole a car and seriously injured a security officer on Sunday.
Devin Myers, 34, was arrested for five different charges, including aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault resulting in serious bodily injury, failure to remain at accident involving serious injury and reckless driving. The first four charges are all felonies.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, Myers was taken to the South Jordan Health Center by his family for a mental health evaluation after “psychotic episodes.” Documents said Myers was “physically resisting” family members and staff at the hospital, and left the hospital just before 4 p.m.
“Devin exited the facility and was seen running out of the emergency department into an adjacent roadway causing vehicles to stop as the hospital security guard attempted to return Devin to the hospital,” the affidavit said.
Documents said Myers crossed the street to a nearby 7-Eleven gas station, where he found a truck that was left running with one adult passenger inside.
Myers reportedly began opening a door on the driver’s side of the truck “while physically resisting the hospital security guard and a family member” of the truck’s owner. Documents claimed Myers assaulted the truck owner’s family member, which caused them to fall backward.
“Devin then entered the vehicle while the hospital security guard was still attempting to prevent him from leaving,” the affidavit said.
Documents said the hospital security officer was holding on to the truck through an open door on the driver’s side, and another person was standing in front of the car as Myers drove away. Myers then reportedly began driving westbound in an eastbound lane on Daybreak Parkway.
“As the vehicle continued westbound in the wrong direction of travel the security guard was thrown from the vehicle onto the roadway and ended up underneath the vehicle where he was possibly ran over,” arrest documents said.
The affidavit said the security officer suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung. He was transported to the hospital by helicopter and had a breathing tube and a chest tube in the ICU after the incident.
Documents said that, after the officer fell off the truck, a passenger in the rear seat climbed into the front and began fighting to stop the vehicle. The passenger was able to hit the brakes before the truck went into an intersection and collided with a northbound vehicle.
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