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EMT Hospitalized After Scuffle With Occupy Wall Street Protester

By DNAinfo Staff on November 10, 2011 3:01pm

An FDNY ambulance.
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DNAinfo/Benjamin Fractenberg

By Sonja Sharp

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

DOWNTOWN — A scuffle with a protester at Occupy Wall Street's Lower Manhattan encampment landed an EMT in hospital with a possible broken leg early Thursday morning, police said. 

Protester Joshua Ehrenberg, 20, of Rochester, was arrested on felony assault charges after tussling with the medic, who had responded to reports of an emotionally disturbed person at Zuccotti Park at 12:30 a.m., police said.

Ehrenberg allegedly fought off emergency workers who were attempting to put him in an ambulance, when he pushed the EMT into a ladder, injuring his ankle.

Fire officials reported that the victim was transported to Bellevue Hospital and treated for a broken leg.

Ehrenberg was also taken to Bellevue, where he was being held for psychiatric evaluation, police said.