State v. Durrant

ELLETT, Chief Justice:

The defendant, while operating a motor vehicle during the nighttime upon the highway, collided with a backhoe parked on the opposite side of the highway where a trench was being dug. As a result of the collision one passenger was killed and injury occasioned to others including the defendant.

The defendant was taken to a hospital and was attended by a doctor who directed a medical technologist (an employee of the hospital) to draw a sample of blood for *1057cross-matching, in the event that a transfusion might be required. The technologist was directed by a police officer to…