-Messenger photo by Elijah Decious
Van Diest Medical Center paramedic Matt McColley testified Friday to his role at the scene of Zackery Bassett’s apartment in September 2018, where he applied cricoid pressure to victim Andrea Sokolowski’s throat to attempt to intubate her during resuscitation efforts. Medical personnel have testified that her throat was so swollen that they could not properly intubate her. -Messenger photo by Elijah Decious
Defendant Zackery Bassett watches a bodycam recording from a Webster City officer who responded to his 911 call in September 2018. Andrea Sokolowski, transported from that scene, was declared dead later that evening at Van Diest Medical Center after paramedics and medical personnel attempted resuscitation.