'LEFT TO DIE'
AMBULANCE bosses are set to be grilled on why paramedics took up to three hours to reach some victims of the London Bridge terror attack.
They are due to give evidence today at the inquest into those who died and the hearing has already been told two of those killed could have been saved if they had been treated promptly.
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Three terrorists wearing stab-proof vests drove a van into pedestrians at 50mph on London Bridge before attacking revellers around Borough Market with hunting knives.
The inquest at the Old Bailey has been told four of the eight killed were left bleeding in Green Dragon Court.
The area was the focal point of the attack, which finished at 10.16pm on June 3, 2017 when the attackers were shot dead by police.
The inquest has heard 20 ambulances were dispatched to the scene but crews waited 150 yards away from Green Dragon Court.
Two of those attacked there were carried to ambulances to be treated and another two were not seen by a paramedic until just after 1am.
French chef Sebastien Belanger, 36, was one of those carried to paramedics .
According to pathologist Dr Benjamin Swift he had “real possibility” of surviving had he received prompt treatment.
His brother Julien, 39, said he wants to know why paramedics “did not immediately rush” to the aid of the four victims in the courtyard.
"Some people said hospitalising Sebastien quickly would have perhaps helped save him,” he told the Daily Mail.
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“My mother is focusing on the lack of help from some paramedics.
“We have asked questions [to the emergency services], and they never wanted to answer them.”
James McMullan, 32, also died in the courtyard and the family of the British entrepreneur gasped during the inquest when a police officer said he was alive when he reached him.
Police officers carried Mr McMullan towards an ambulance when no paramedics arrived.
He could have been saved with swift medical intervention, PC Stephen Attwood told the inquest.
Paramedic Keir Rutherford previously told the hearing he looked over railings into the courtyard at 10.30pm but left with two colleagues when he could not see anyone.
The court heard they were equipped with ballistic vests, helmets and goggle but they decided the situation was too dangerous and instead evacuated wounded across the bridge to the north side of the Thames.
PROTECTIVE GEAR
The hearing was also told Gail Collison was another paramedic given protective equipment to work in high risk areas.
But she has admitted she treated her first patients at 1.07am, three hours after the attack unfolded.
They were Alexandre Pigeard and nurse Kirsty Boden, who were both already dead.
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The families of the four victims who died in the courtyard that night are being represented by Gareth Patterson QC.
The terrorism expert said the ambulance crews showed a “remarkable lack of urgency” given the “desperate need for paramedics”.
The inquest continues.
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CCTV shows armed police officers shooting dead London Bridge terror attackers
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