Though Dan Langley had a heart attack while driving here, that did not stop a police officer from giving him three traffic tickets.
A little more than a week after the April 1 heart attack, which led to a minor traffic accident, Langley, a 20-year-old Wall, N.J., resident, received the tickets in the mail. When he went to the Spring Lake Heights Municipal Court to fight them, he and his family figured a doctor's note would help convince the local prosecutor or judge to dismiss the summonses. [...]
The result? Two tickets were dismissed, but a third was only downgraded — to a $133 fine.
"What's the charge? Criminal cardiac arrest?" his father, Chris Langley said in a later interview. [...]
Neither the municipal prosecutor, Colin Quinn, nor police could be reached for comment.