Firefighter Responding to Crash Victims, Handcuffed by California Highway Patrol

When a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer arrived on the scene he instructed Gregoire to move the fire truck from the center divide (where it was shielding the ambulance and the injured). Conflicting reports say that Gregoire told the officer he would have to check with his captain before moving the fire truck, and others say that he refused and returned to administer aid to those involved in the crash. Gregoire, a 12 year firefighting veteran was handcuffed and detained by the CHP officer in the back of a patrol car for approximately 30 minutes.