An emergency room technician had to be flown to Pittsburgh for emergency surgery over the weekend after he was allegedly attacked Saturday by a patient at UPMC Altoona.

Bradley Scott Lloyd, of Tyrone, Blair County, faces more than a dozen charges in connection with Saturday’s alleged attack.

UPMC police responded to the Altoona hospital’s emergency room about 10 a.m. for a report of a violent patient, according to WTAJ in Altoona. Officers found an ER patient care technician unconscious on the floor and Lloyd allegedly trying to flee the hospital.

It wasn’t clear what sparked the alleged attack, but authorities said the patient care tech had to be flown from UPMC Altoona to UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh because of the extent of his injuries.

Police accused Lloyd of hitting the man in

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