AUBURN – A Turner man charged with manslaughter in connection with a crash that killed a paramedic is seeking to keep results of his blood-alcohol test from a jury at trial.

Prosecutors in the case argued Wednesday that the results showing Christopher Boutin, 30, had an alcohol level at least twice the legal driving limit should be allowed at trial.

Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Worden called 10 witnesses in an effort to establish that the state had probable cause to draw Boutin’s blood and test it for alcohol content even though he was unconscious and couldn’t give his consent.

The judge presiding over the case said Wednesday he would review case law and make a decision soon.

The driver of the Med-Care ambulance said she saw a vehicle larger than a car pull out from a side road at an intersection on Route 4 in Turner shortly after 3 a.m. on July 5, 2007. She was transporting a patient who had been in an all-terrain vehicle accident in Rumford to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Riding in the back of the ambulance was paramedic Allan Parsons, 47, of Wilton.

Med-Care driver Arlene Greenleaf of Bethel leaned on two crutches as she made her way to the witness box in Androscoggin County Superior Court. She said she broke a femur, a knee and a foot in the crash. She described the moment she saw the vehicle come through the intersection without stopping at a stop sign. “I said: ‘You son of a bitch. I’m gonna hit you.’ Bang!”

There was no time to swerve or brake, she said.

A car traveling behind the ambulance said he watched the dark pickup truck “just flying across the road” and slamming into the side of the ambulance. The impact pushed the ambulance into a ditch on the southbound side of the road and sent the pickup truck into the northbound ditch.

Androscoggin County Detective Sgt. William Gagne said he went to the scene of the accident and found no skid marks on Potato Road to indicate Boutin had tried to stop at a stop sign at the intersection. Also, the condition of the brake light after the crash meant the brakes had not been in use at the time of the crash. Evidence inside the truck suggested forces from the crash had pushed everything in the cab to the passenger side. Boutin was found pinned outside the passenger side of the truck.

Gagne said he saw beer cans in and around the truck. Witnesses at the scene said they detected the odor of alcohol on Boutin’s breath and coming from his pores.

Other witnesses, who attended a party with Boutin before the crash, said they saw Boutin drinking beer. A party-goer given a ride to his brother’s house by Boutin in his truck late that night said Boutin appeared unimpaired during the drive.

Boutin’s attorney, Anthony Ferguson, said his client hadn’t given his consent to have his blood tested.

Boutin could have fallen asleep, which might have explained his actions that night. It would be speculation to conclude the accident occurred because Boutin was drunk, Ferguson said.

Justice Thomas Delahanty II said he was satisfied with the evidence showing that Boutin was driving and had been drinking. The manner in which Boutin operated his truck is supported by credible evidence showing he failed to stop at a stop sign, Delahanty said.