PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. --
Fire officials are investigating after a St. Lucie County firefighter allegedly took an amputated leg from a crash scene last week and used it to train her cadaver dogs.
The attorney for Karl Lambert, 46, of Melbourne, told WPBF News 25 on Thursday his client's leg had to be amputated after he was involved in a traffic crash Friday on Interstate 95.
"Mr. Lambert's lower left leg had to be severed at the scene because of the amount of the wreckage and in order to get him out of the wreckage," attorney Raymond Christian told WPBF News 25 in a telephone interview. "It's our understanding at this time that one of the paramedics, one of the fire-rescue people at the scene, took the leg.
"The purpose of her taking the leg, as it was our understanding, (was that) she was some kind of training person for cadaver dogs, and she basically took the leg."
Christian said Lambert was notified by a Florida Highway Patrol investigator Wednesday.
WPBF News 25 first learned of the alleged incident after receiving an anonymous call from a firefighter at St. Lucie County Fire Station No. 10 in Port St. Lucie.
The caller alleges that while the man was airlifted to an area hospital, firefighters took the amputated leg, wrapped it a towel and took it to the station instead of bringing it to the hospital for reattachment. One of the firefighters allegedly had a family member bring the leg home to use for training her cadaver dogs.
A spokeswoman for the St. Lucie County Fire District told WPBF News 25 her department is investigating but would not comment further.
Fire officials are investigating after a St. Lucie County firefighter allegedly took an amputated leg from a crash scene last week and used it to train her cadaver dogs.
The attorney for Karl Lambert, 46, of Melbourne, told WPBF News 25 on Thursday his client's leg had to be amputated after he was involved in a traffic crash Friday on Interstate 95.
"Mr. Lambert's lower left leg had to be severed at the scene because of the amount of the wreckage and in order to get him out of the wreckage," attorney Raymond Christian told WPBF News 25 in a telephone interview. "It's our understanding at this time that one of the paramedics, one of the fire-rescue people at the scene, took the leg.
"The purpose of her taking the leg, as it was our understanding, (was that) she was some kind of training person for cadaver dogs, and she basically took the leg."
Christian said Lambert was notified by a Florida Highway Patrol investigator Wednesday.
WPBF News 25 first learned of the alleged incident after receiving an anonymous call from a firefighter at St. Lucie County Fire Station No. 10 in Port St. Lucie.
The caller alleges that while the man was airlifted to an area hospital, firefighters took the amputated leg, wrapped it a towel and took it to the station instead of bringing it to the hospital for reattachment. One of the firefighters allegedly had a family member bring the leg home to use for training her cadaver dogs.
A spokeswoman for the St. Lucie County Fire District told WPBF News 25 her department is investigating but would not comment further.