Congressman Earl Blumenauer has called for an independent investigation into why a man died after a crash in the parking lot of Portland Adventist Hospital.

Portland police say Birgilio Marin-Fuentes drove himself to the hospital, but drove into a post in the parking lot.

When an officer ran into the ER for medical help, he was told to call an ambulance.

Blumenauer says it’s incomprehensible a hospital provided officers with no medical equipment to help a patient.

Earl Blumenauer: “The law is quite clear that people who are on hospital property, including parking lots, the hospital has a duty to treat.”

The hospital issued a statement saying staff believed the accident happened 20 minutes earlier and that officers were told to call 911 because ambulances have mobile equipment.

The hospital also sent a paramedic, security staff and a nursing supervisor to the scene.

When the hospital employees arrived, police were already doing CPR and an ambulance had arrived.

Blumenauer has asked for an investigation to be sure no federal laws were violated.

Adventist Hospital Statement