Anthony Flematti

“Visibility was extremely poor, high winds. Probably 20-30 mile an hour winds. The temperature was probably in the 20s. It was still actively snowing at the time.”

Flematti gave a concise firsthand description of the weather and visibility before the ambulance response.

“So we have our dispatch time, 6:06; en route time, 6:07; on scene, 6:14; at patient, 6:15; and we transported from the scene at 6:27 and arrived at destination at the hospital, 6:45.”

Flematti read the response timeline recorded in the EMS report.

Flematti described his EMT and paramedic training, continuing education, and role as an acting Canton Fire Department lieutenant.

“So his limbs were able to be moved, jaw was able to be moved. The posterior area of his body was red. So not indicative of the lividity that we're looking for. So we termed it to be a viable arrest and continued to work.”

Explains why responders continued resuscitation efforts.

“So the only response that I was personally given was just, I hit him. I hit him. Oh, my God, I hit him.”

Flematti attributed this reported statement to Ms. Read during his initial effort to obtain information at the scene.

“So we had active bleeding from other areas in the body. So the fact that it had already stopped and clotted, I would assume that would have been several hours before the incident that led him to be there. But I would guess earlier in the evening.”

Flematti gave a qualified estimate about the timing of dried blood on O'Keefe's right arm.

Flematti identified John O'Keefe from a license in his wallet and described finding him about 10 feet from the roadway, on his back to the best of his recollection.

“I said I did chest compressions at some point. I didn't say I did them continuously throughout the call.”

Flematti distinguished his general participation in CPR from a continuous role shown or inferred from the video.

“I recall telling the doctors and nurses that there is a question that the patient was hit by a vehicle or we don't know, is what I directly said to the doctors and nurses.”

Flematti described a hospital handoff detail that defense counsel then contrasted with prior testimony and documentation.

Flematti said his brief conversation with Ms. Read was not productive and that he returned to patient-care responsibilities while another firefighter sought information.

Flematti testified that he recalled telling hospital staff there was a question whether the patient had been hit by a vehicle, but agreed that this information was not in his report and had not been disclosed to police, the grand jury, or on direct examination.

“So it was due to the proximity of the patient to the roadway and the vagueness of the statement.”

Flematti explained the basis for his recollection that responders raised a possible vehicle strike with hospital staff.

“I did. I can't tell you for certain which personnel. We all have yellow coats. So I can't tell you if somebody swapped. I don't know.”

Flematti explained why he could not use the video to identify whether CPR personnel changed.

“So I left it open-ended to the staff of the hospital that these are both possibilities of what happened to the patient.”

Flematti distinguished his hospital communication from the defense characterization that he had concluded a vehicle struck Mr. O'Keefe.