EMT-B and Great Call

[Petertherock]

I have been on a couple of bad ones. Last year we had an elderly gentleman driving in bad weather. He inadvertantly statred driving Northbound in the Southbound lane of the interstate. Bad idea. The state police officer saw the vehicle and began pursuit. Unfortunately he didn't get there in time and there was a head on collision. The elderly man was killed instantly and the woman in the vehicle was transported (why I will never know) and was pronounced at the hospital. The ER doc questioned why she was even transported but we had a yahoo as the intermediate that made the decision (he's no longer on the dept.)

Then, a better outcome happened at the crash last week. This guy was traveling on the Maine Turnpike and there is a stretch of road called the "Spur" it connects with I-295 and the main line of the turnpike. There is a sharp corner where the speed limit goes from 55 to 35 and this guy was obviously drunk and he goes over the guardrail in the air...he clips the top of a couple of trees travels about 100 feet in the air and 50 feet down the embankment and lands in a small stream. When we got there we found this guy sitting next to the No U turn sign in the median strip. Apparently he had climbed up the embankment and was trying to flag cars down to call for help. Other than a few cuts and scratches he had no injuries.

Just amazing how drunks don't get hurt in these spectacular crashes.