It's 10-4, Sean, when you get right over the top of 24th, the supposed crest of the hill,
just flow up in there and start laying a couple more flares for us.
10-4.
Okay, right now what we're going to do is we're responding to assist our B partners, 87-1.
They got an accident on the other side of the freeway, on the southbound side.
Once we got there, we ran a quick traffic break, slowed down the traffic.
As I started to lay out the flares, we heard the skidding and then the impact,
and the other vehicle just burst in between us.
It's a tanker truck, it's a tanker truck.
Watch out, get out of the way.
Hey, Connie, it looks like it's about a four-car.
Looks like it's going to be a four-car.
Go, go, go.
Good God.
As I was laying down the flares, another vehicle came into the rear.
Pro-witnesses, this vehicle's head was stopped, had its brake lights on, and the rear vehicle was a DUI driver.
She rear-ended the back of this vehicle at 70 miles an hour, not even applying her brakes.
The vehicle immediately burst into flames.
They're still in there.
How many?
I can't tell.
Looks like one or two in here.
The driver was fully engulfed in flames.
He was unable to get out of the vehicle.
San Diego PD made a good effort to get the passenger out.
He broke the passenger side window, and the passenger throwed himself out of the passenger side window.
As he did that, he was fully engulfed in flames also.
For the paramedics, he had third-degree burns, approximately 35% of his body.
I want you to look at your foot, and I want you to count out loud to 30 for me.
Do you understand that test?
You want me to count to 30?
She was a 2-0 on a preliminary alcohol screening device, so she was pretty well under the influence at the time of the collision.
As I said before, you are under arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Turn around and put your hands behind your back.
The driver of the other vehicle was arrested for felony drunk driving and for manslaughter.
The woman, a Navy Wave, had been drinking and was on her way home when she hit the car.
She was charged with felony DUI and manslaughter.
It was her first driving offense.
Final blood alcohol test confirmed she was three times the legal limit for California.
The passenger with burns over 35% of his body is in critical condition in a hospital burn unit.
His friend the driver was dead from a broken neck before the fire.
He was single and had no children.
What we got is a stolen vehicle out of Russellville, Arkansas that the River Ranger dealt with earlier and had to go off on another call.
He's now attempted to stop the individuals again.
The guys rabided on him and decided to run.
We're trying to catch him because the pickup is pulling away from him.
We'll gain on him out here in probably another six or eight miles and take over the pursuit and see if we can shut this guy down.
Charge 630 Cherokee County. We'll be going by bait and space.
What we're going to do, we've got people on the adjacent highways, roadways and stuff, setting up some road blocks or getting in position to set up some road blocks.
We've got a trooper coming from the north.
He's approximately 12 to 15 miles ahead of us, coming south.
And we're going to try to cut the guy off too and set up a road block so we can get him shut down.
We've got pretty much all the county roads contained, so if he goes off on him, we'll be able to find him.
We ought to see the river ranger coming up around this next corner.
Charge 630 Cherokee County. We'll be going by Hanging Rock Camp.
There's the river ranger right there in front of us. He's a tan pickup with the lights on top.
We're on Highway 10, parallel to the Illinois River northeast of Tallahall.
Charge 630 Cherokee County. Just pass me Arrowhead.
Marks 276. I'm going to come up on your rear end here in just a little bit. If you can advise me when's a good time to pass you.
See if I can go ahead and catch up with these guys.
See what we can do here.
Charge 630 Cherokee County. We just bounced around Hollow.
I'm getting visual glimpses of him every now and then. He's still northbound on Highway 10. I'm gaining on him in a pretty sufficient manner.
Nightline will be on him pretty quick.
Charge 630 Cherokee County. I've got a visual sighting on the individual.
We've got the deputy that's still on the Oaks Road. Have him come on east to Highway 10 and Parks 275.
Try to get to Chewy Road. Intercept the individual before you get by there.
Charge 630 Cherokee County. We'll holler at Parks 275. See what his location is.
He's crossing the center line of stuff when they're coming at cars and I'm afraid he's going to hit somebody.
You holler at Muskogee and see where that trooper's going to be at up north. We're going to need to get this guy shut down.
Charge 630 Cherokee County. We just passed the 8 Air County line. Still northbound on Highway 10.
He's almost got one head on. Oh no, he's lost it. He's lost it, Cherokee County. He's rolling.
There he goes again. He's rolled twice. Oh no, he's ejected one.
Quick, start me an ambulance up here and I'll be out with him.
Get on the ground! Get on the ground right now! Give me those hands! Let me see those hands!
You better put those hands up underneath your bullet.
Stay on the ground. Ambulance on the way for you, fellas.
Alright, just hang in. Okay, alright.
You fellas don't get up now, alright? Stay on the ground.
How do I go about turning this truck off? How do I go about turning this truck off?
Push what? Push the ignition down.
Fellas, you do understand you're under arrest, right? Okay.
In the second roll, the passenger, the 13-year-old passenger, was ejected through the passenger side window.
The vehicle started to roll a third time and when the passenger was ejected, he landed on a position that would be underneath the truck and the truck came back down on top of him.
I just knew he was going to be underneath there and have some really bad injuries due to the vehicle coming back on top of him.
But due to the fact that the vehicle was a four-wheel drive package vehicle that stood up a little bit taller and had a little stiffer suspension, it probably saved the kids' lives.
Even though they did crash, at least nobody else was injured in the accident. It's an innocent bystander.
These kids, even though they weren't adults, they knew right from wrong. They knew what they were doing was wrong and they should have never done it in the first place.
Or, number two, once they were caught, they should have went ahead and surrendered at that point and not endangered anybody else's lives.
Both driver and passenger were taken to the hospital. The driver was released that night, then booked in jail where he pled guilty to attempting to elude possession of a stolen vehicle and reckless driving.
He was given one year, 45 days in jail. The passenger, a minor, was not charged. He suffered head and abdominal injuries.
Right now we've got a pursuit, a multi-agency pursuit coming out of Hamilton County. I don't know what the pursuit entails, but right now we've got all our units trying to set up a position to intercept the pursuit.
I hate wet roads. This is not good.
14-48-13, check with 12-80 on road spikes.
We're getting ready to come up on the road that they're going to come out on.
We're going to follow Brad's lane now.
Tom-45 to OSP, we're on stolen waves. We're passing Owensville Fire Station now. We're coming out to 132.
Don't spike him on the bend. Get some flares up real quick to slow him down the road block.
The pursuit basically took a side road, and three of us, three of our units, Highway Patrol units, were able to get to the intersection before they were, but we were just maybe a second or two ahead of them.
The best we could do was control their movement, which way they turned on the road we're on now, which is 132. We weren't able to put out our stop sticks, which is a device used as a road block to deflate the tires of the vehicle we're pursuing.
The guy's going to wreck.
Okay, well it just came on the radio now. They gave us the guy's address off his license plate, and the problem we're going to come into now is the guy knows this area, so it looks like he's trying to get home.
He just crashed.
Okay, they've got him cuffed.
144813
1284 to respond to this 39.
This is the unfortunate situation with the pursuit. Fortunately no one was hurt in this situation.
I think this pursuit totaled about 20 miles maybe I'm not sure if I'm not sure on that.
We came into this area here, and just basically ran out of road.
Unfortunately we lost one of our patrol cars in it that didn't make the turn.
Gentlemen were pursuing looks like he just made around the curve and lost it went over the side and flipped over as you see here.
Looks like the reason for fleeing would be alcohol.
Trying to get out of DUI again.
Westbound 32 just outside of your area.
So what he tried to he almost ran into me and I thought now I got you saw right there he had me right there I had to go straight.
The violators car he made it he went around the curve so fast that he left marks on the roadway.
Basically in the car just came around on him he went over the embankment flipped over.
Our patrol car who I believe was right behind him at the time.
Wasn't as fortunate either he just basically slid straight off the roadway here at a kind of curve like he was trying to make the turn.
He wasn't hurt fortunately.
Looks like no major damage to the car.
What would you hit up here? I hit this fence and I hit the cable box. I hit the ground.
You hit the ground. Took out the front. This is the embarrassing part.
You were ahead of him. Okay. Yeah and then I got beside him. No I was behind him in pursuit. Okay.
Second car but he went to stop at the light and I said well that's the time to get in front of him because I knew this road teed right here.
So you were coming up around in front of him. Yeah and I got beside him and he just kept right on pushing man.
I couldn't get over the right or left and I saw locked him up and slid right through here. You were in a no-win situation in here.
Looks like it started over traffic violation where they suspected he was under the influence of alcohol.
He was weaving, doing a couple other things that are indicative of someone who's been drinking.
The pursuit started. Here we are about 30 miles later. Made it this far.
When they looked through the car they found a little bit of marijuana inside the car.
So got somebody who's not only under the influence of alcohol but under the influence of drugs as well.
Marijuana. 200 yards from home. Almost made it.
The suspect was charged with DUI, aggravated assault and resisting arrest. If convicted he faces up to 11 and a half years in prison and fines of up to $8,700.
Although the suspect's vehicle was totaled he suffered only scrapes and bruises.
Repairs to the damaged squad car totaled $5,100. No officers were injured in this incident.
DUI 24, minimum, go ahead.
We're in pursuit of a motorcycle northbound on the trail. He stopped for a minute and he took off.
We're coming up on about 40th Street.
We're coming up on a serious bodily injury crash involving a motorcycle.
We've already got an officer on scene.
We're coming out from over there by the bingo parking lot. DUI deputy was trying to stop him.
He's coming northbound without any headlights on.
Passes the deputy, deputy gets in behind him, turns on the lights and siren.
Motorcycle just started speeding up. Cab was just coming southbound to make a left.
No other northern traffic. He boned the cab.
Okay. You got any headlights on the bike or were they on or off?
There was no headlights working. We don't know if there's a hot shot or not yet.
When you got behind him did he have his headlights on or any lights at all?
No, I originally stopped him because he passed me down the road there with no headlights on at all.
Okay. So the taxi cab driver like I thought didn't see him at all?
Not sure the cab didn't see him at all. The cab was turning real slowly into the parking lot.
So you actually, you were just trying to stop him?
Yeah. He probably didn't have any brakes on that bike. He had plenty of time.
I don't see no skid marks.
He should have had plenty of time to stop.
I honestly don't. I don't see any skid marks.
I predicted the crash well before he hit and he should have been able to stop.
Okay. I don't see any areas of skid marks.
I didn't either. Why don't you explain to me what happened here tonight, sir?
You see, I was coming here because I had to drop the passenger at the twice in and I was coming.
I stopped and I turned and all of a sudden hit my front door.
When did you see him or do you recall?
I don't know. I just saw in the mirror of a flick you can say that. That's it.
Do you recall if he had his headlights on?
I didn't see his headlights. I didn't see at all, but I see the bike.
You saw him right before he hit your car then?
Yeah.
How are you doing? You were in the taxi cab?
Yeah.
Okay. What I'd like to do is get a statement from you, if you would, on what happened.
It just happened so fast. I mean, because when we were turning, I was looking another way.
So all of a sudden he said, how fast is he going? All of a sudden, boom, and just a blast went off.
Who said how fast is he going?
Him. He said, look how fast he's going. Something like that.
Okay. So he saw him right as he was making his turn? He was already into his turn?
Yeah.
He was almost across the street?
Yeah.
Where were you sitting in the car? In the front?
In the back.
In the back?
On the left-hand side.
We do probably have speed involved. No braking. There's no evidence whatsoever of any brakes
or skid marks or anything else from being applied, even in the short area right here.
Looks like he was probably doing at least 45 when he hit the car.
You got good crush damage on the bike and on the car.
The homicide officer worked out the figures on how fast he was actually going
once they get to estimate the crush damage and all that.
When he left here, he left as a trauma alert. He still had some vitals,
but he was hanging in the balance. We weren't quite sure.
At that time, we also smelled alcohol on him.
So we immediately went to go withdraw blood down at the hospital when he got transported down there.
During the time while he's being down at the hospital and being transported,
I ran the tag of the car, of the motorcycle rather than 1028.
Turns out he has a suspended driver's license with numerous suspensions.
And after checking for warrants, he has two felony warrants, one federal and one state.
At this time, we're holding off on the warrants and all charges until we can find out exactly
how well he's going to do or how lousy he's going to do.
This is just an unfortunate incident and all for a headlight out on a motorcycle.
But we've also been told that there's probably alcohol related in this particular accident too.
The crash victim sustained severe head injuries, and despite emergency surgery,
he died 22 hours later. His blood alcohol level was 0.24, nearly two and a half times the legal limit.
The victim's three outstanding warrants were for burglary. The taxi cab was totaled.
We're responding to a vehicle accident down Route 80 near Christian.
It's prom night here in Maine, and the only information we have at this time is that
a vehicle is on its top and there are injuries in the accident.
Is she in the car right now? Here, let me take a look at her, buddy.
How you doing, honey? Were you the only one in the truck?
Hi. Were you the only one in the truck?
Okay. You just hang on, we've got the ambulance coming up. What's your name?
What's your name?
Well, honey, just hang on. We're right here with you, okay?
The ambulance is going to come and get you out. Listen.
Well, listen, it's liable to hurt you more trying to get out, okay?
Well, just hang on, okay?
Oh, I was blowing cripples in my back.
Oh, just hang on there, okay? I'll stay right here with you, all right?
Well, you just hang on, all right? Stay awake for me, Alice, okay?
My name's Scott. Can you talk to me?
I don't believe I've seen you before.
No, hang on there, all right? We're going to have somebody get you right out.
Hang on there. Hey.
Dave.
We're looking for another guy.
Okay. Hey, hang right there with her for a minute. Try to keep her awake, all right?
Now, don't let her get out.
Hey, is this your truck? Okay. Is it legal? Do the plates belong on it and all?
Yes, sir. I've got all those bikers on the...
Okay. All those in the car?
Those things in the back are for you.
Okay. Dave, you want to do some field sobriety tests on him there?
Come on over.
The driver fled the scene to a nearby residence, ran behind it,
and Trooper Lemon was able to locate him back there and place him into custody.
Trooper Lemon performed the field sobriety tests on the driver
and determined that he is under the influence of alcohol.
After he was arrested, he complained of chest pain,
so the ambulance is going to transport him to the hospital,
and we'll be able to obtain a blood sample there for processing in our lab
to find out exactly how high his blood alcohol concentration was.
The driver was charged with DUI with injury and leaving the scene of an injury accident.
He was treated and released from the hospital that night.
A court date is pending.
He faces two years in jail and $6,000 in fines, plus suspension of his license.
The passenger was also treated and released from the hospital.
We've got a possible personal injury accident.
You better get me some assistance up here, ASAP.
How you doing?
I've been looking for somebody.
What do we got?
I don't know if there's anybody under there or not.
I've been trying to look around and see a body.
Where's the driver? Where's the driver of the truck?
Okay. Did you see anybody in this car?
No, I didn't. I didn't.
What's the story here? What happened?
The car never stopped on the stop sign.
Okay.
Did you see anybody in this car?
No, I didn't. I didn't.
What's the story here? What happened?
The car never stopped on the stop sign.
I can't see anybody.
There's got to be somebody in here.
We've got to go, people. We've got to try and pick this thing up and move it.
Over. Let's go.
I can't see anybody.
All right. All right.
On it, guys.
We need something.
Watch it, buddy.
We've got a tire wedge down on this side.
Okay. We've got a body.
If you guys can get me something to lodge this thing up.
All right.
All right. We're going to listen.
Where's the chief here or somebody?
See if we can start getting this road all blocked off here.
All right.
3-G-1-2-10.
We've advised. I'm going to meet a sergeant, camera, coroner to this location to wait for it.
What do you need, Mike?
Let's get the road blocked.
We're going to have to get somebody up to stop traffic up there and maybe get them turned around.
Okay.
We're going to have to shut this down for now.
All right. They've got this car chocked up.
Hello.
We got any witnesses?
Looks like we got a two-car fatal involving an unknown vehicle and looks like a gas truck.
You can smell the gas.
It's real thick around here right now.
Got to ask the driver how much he was carrying, but we're trying to get traffic stopped so these guys can do their job here.
How much gas is in your truck?
You leaking anything or is that coming from his car?
It's from the car.
I got 1,500 gallons of fuel oil in the truck.
All right. None of it spilled out?
I don't see any of it, no.
Okay. Which way were you heading here?
Excuse me?
Which way were you coming?
I was coming this way. I was going east.
You were coming eastbound on 107?
I was going north.
He just blew through the stop sign?
He never slowed down.
You hit him with the front end?
Well, I think so.
Pretty close?
He came across in front of me and I was just trying to make room for him.
Why don't you talk to this gentleman here?
I know you're kind of in shock right now.
I'm going to need your license and your driver's license.
You can get that when you get in the car.
I'll be back in the ambulance, all right?
So our main concern right now is going to be getting this person out of his vehicle
and let's hope that this thing doesn't spill his fuel oil.
We've got 1,500 gallons of fuel oil in it.
OK.
What's holding this guy in?
They've got a rope on it right there.
OK, we've got...
We're going to be able to pull him out as his leg's pinned in there.
His legs are pinned up here.
His legs are pinned?
All right, as long as we've got this blocked off.
No vital signs at all found.
No.
1620 is when we officially...
All right, well, he's officially...
Absolutely.
I've got guys coming.
It's going to take a while to cut him out anyways.
What kind of car is it?
I have no idea what kind of car it is.
Malibu Classic.
It's been a long time since I've seen a wreck like this.
All right.
Put the foam on so we don't catch a blaze, huh?
Well, I was worried about this thing here.
This baby's full. It's got 1,500 gallons in it.
It's heating now. It's got a low flash point.
It doesn't boil off like gas.
Good.
Apparently, the driver of the vehicle blew through the light.
We've got a two-way stop here.
Apparently, he was heading northbound on County Route 126,
and a tanker truck was heading eastbound on County Route 107.
This guy heading north failed to stop the light,
and the tanker t-boned him.
Unfortunately, in an incident like this,
we end up having to make notifications to the next of kin.
Usually, the investigating officer tries to do it,
but at this point, I'm going to be stuck here for a while.
So a fellow trooper is going to have to go,
go up and make this notification.
I don't envy him at that.
Now we've got to try and get this tanker flipped over.
Luckily, we've lucked out.
We haven't had any leaks here.
I just notified that this truck's sitting on top of an aquifer.
A leak would be very bad for the people in this area who use well water.
This area doesn't have piped water.
It's all wells.
You get 1,500 gallons of kerosene down into the aquifer,
and you've got some real trouble.
So far, it doesn't look like we're going to lose any other heating oil.
Now the investigation really starts.
We've got to take measurements of the road, the width,
how far the vehicles traveled.
Now that the ambulances are out of here, we go to work.
These never get easy.
I mean, even after five years in this job,
you never get used to seeing this kind of destruction.
I drive in a car eight hours a day, five days a week.
This car is not much smaller than mine.
You kind of lose the battle when you go up against something this big.
It's absolutely amazing the destruction that happens in something like this.
It reminds you how fragile life is.
The driver of the oil truck was treated for shock and released that night.
He was not cited for the accident.
The 47-year-old driver of the car was coming from work and had not been drinking.
However, he had been cited three times in the past for failure to stop at stop signs.
He died instantly.
He is survived by a wife and an 11-year-old daughter.
We've got an accident with some injuries up here, a little ways.
I believe some people have been ejected from the vehicle.
Wait, you got a car down over the bank over there?
Yeah, supposedly two people down there right now.
You can see one over there.
There's one over there?
There's one behind there, yeah.
All right, they were ejected from the truck?
Evidently, yeah.
901 to Furfax.
Here they come.
901, I'm at the scene here now.
It's going to be quite some time before Route 1 is open again.
We're going to need traffic diverted off these ramps,
keep them off these ramps for a good while.
I can see some cars trying to back up off the ramp now.
We're going to need some help down here.
10-4.
How do you know?
901, you stay on the scene.
OK, 10-4.
He was in the northbound lane, Route 1.
It almost hit the wall on the right side over here,
overcorrected with the vehicle,
jumped the median here and hit this car head on coming southbound.
There was two children in the bed of the pickup truck.
They were both ejected.
The driver remained in the vehicle, was trapped in the vehicle.
There was one more child in the passenger side.
He was also ejected.
They all went over the wall at the bridge here.
Go, go, go, go!
Pull, pull, pull!
Pull!
Pull, pull, pull!
Got him?
That's it, Sam.
Get his head, get his head.
Grab his belt.
A little slack, a little slack.
A little slack.
He's coming from a family reunion northbound.
If you look over there on the side,
you can see his tire tracks in the dirt.
He almost ran off the road over here.
Looks like he rotated.
Rotate, started yawing, came across the curb,
struck this vehicle head on.
He's got some gouge marks over there.
Looks like the impact occurred over here.
There was at least two kids in the back of the truck.
Possibly three.
That's what we've got right now.
There was two in the back, there was one in the front.
All three of the kids were ejected over the bridge.
The driver was not.
Alcohol, as far as we know right now, was involved.
How about this vehicle?
This vehicle, he's got broken leg
and some severe lacerations.
She supposedly was medevacked out.
I don't know how she's doing.
There was a baby also they had taken away.
I don't know what the status is on the child now.
They were real, real lucky where they landed.
They happened to be very soft.
A lot of brush coverage that broke some of their fall.
You know, 100 feet in front of where the accident happened,
100 feet further up, they couldn't land it on the interstate.
That would have been no chance.
Now it's time to clean up the mess
and hope everybody turns out all right.
The boys, whose grandfather was driving,
sustained fractures and head injuries.
The driver of the car that was struck sustained a fractured pelvis
and her passenger's ankle was broken.
The children in the car were not injured.
The grandfather, who pled guilty to DWI,
was sentenced to 30 days in jail, fined $200,
and his license was suspended for one year.
In the state of Virginia, it is legal to put passengers
in the open bed of a pickup.
Reports of a rollover down display,
a little ways away from it.
Lots of phone calls on it.
The car's supposed to be on fire.
Oh, man, I hope there's nobody in that car.
Man, I hope there's nobody in that car.
The one in front of the car's hurt the worst.
How many people totaled, you know?
I was screaming at him, and he couldn't open the door,
so I ran over and I grabbed a rock.
Which one was this? Which side?
This guy over here, not the guy who was out.
Which side of the car was he sitting on?
He was in the driver's side, the one over here,
because the other one was completely on the ground.
So I grabbed a rock, and I smashed out the back window,
and I pulled him out of the car,
and I smashed out the back window,
and I pulled him out, and brought him over here,
and he said he was alone, he said he was alone,
and he said, no, I'm not alone, there's somebody else in there.
So I ran back, and I grabbed the other guy that was in there,
he was completely unconscious,
and I grabbed him by the wrist,
and I dragged him out through the back window.
Was he in the back seat, or was he in the front seat?
He was in the front seat, completely on the floor
of the passenger side with his back against the door.
Did you see anything else in the car?
Were there any bears or anything like that in the car?
The thing was on fire.
Right, not just after you.
No, I did not see any bears or anything in the car,
I didn't even look, I couldn't have seen anything if I tried.
You scared me.
Scared you?
Perfect.
The operator obviously lost control and spun out
and hit a light pole and burst into flames.
He was lucky that the civilian was able to pull him out of the vehicle,
but before it burst into flames,
the extent of the injuries is unknown yet,
or whether alcohol is even involved in the action is unknown.
He asked me what happened,
he said somebody cut him off and he went off the road.
We've got a call for an ambulance.
You did a great job.
Thank you.
How'd you hurt your legs?
On the glass in the window.
I couldn't get to the second guy, he was way in the front,
I had to go inside of the car to get him.
It's worth getting looked at.
I am going, yeah, that's going to need something,
that's pretty deep.
Is that your name and everything?
Yeah, all that good stuff.
Fortunately, this is the second car
that's burst in flames in the last 24 hours.
On this same portion of road,
the third motor vehicle accident
on this same portion of road in the last 24 hours.
This gentleman said he was cut off
by another motor vehicle
and lost control and struck the pole.
The driver of the crashed car
suffered a fractured pelvis.
The passenger suffered a concussion.
Troopers found no indication that alcohol was involved in the accident.
The man who saved the occupants of the crashed car
is being considered for a medal
by the Massachusetts Humane Society.
Okay, we're en route to an accident
at US 1 and 295.
We got a report of four vehicles,
possibly five involved,
with a body laying in the roadway.
We don't know if the body's a fatality or not.
825, Jackson.
825.
What we need to do is shut the ramp down
coming onto the interstate.
7-4.
What we got?
Looks like the single car
motorcycle exited
the roadway to the right here
at speed,
caught the,
what is that, a light pole there,
and severed the lower quarter
of his right leg.
825, 10-55,
2-9-4.
It's going to be a single vehicle
accident, motorcycle involved.
You got serious injuries,
amputation of a limb,
unknown if he's
going to go 7 or not. Rescue's still working on him.
They're bringing live flight in. We're going to try and shut the interstate down real quick.
Ma'am, did you witness this?
It was going that way.
I was going that way.
All I saw was
the motorcycle flipping over and over
and over again.
El Lima,
last name star is
423.
He hit
right here on the post,
right here on the side
is where his leg took impact
on the pole.
He had been traveling at a pretty good rate of speed
and evidently he couldn't negotiate
the curve here on the interstate
and went off the road. Point of impact
was on this post right here.
It threw him and his bike down there and amputated
his foot right here which landed about
8 feet from the post and
stayed here while his body and his motorcycle
continued on. How fast were you traveling?
About 60.
Can you estimate how fast he was going?
He came out right behind me and zoomed right past me.
It's like I wasn't even moving compared
to him. By the time I got up here,
this lady and another person was out
and a man was out.
That's when we just tried to do
what we could to stop his bleeding or whatever.
They're checking his internal organs
because if he has internal injuries, they want
to concentrate on that first. And then
once they get through that, then they go work on the leg
and they'll probably end up going to surgery. I've been in surgery most
of the night. If they can't reattach the leg, then they'll
fix it up where he can
at least get fitted for an artificial leg.
If you're going to ride a bike,
ride it safely. Wear a helmet,
do whatever safety precautions it
takes to ride it safely.
Surgeons were unable to reattach
the motorcyclist's leg. He was
released from the hospital one week later.
He was charged with DUI, reckless driving,
and for operating the motorcycle
without a license. His blood alcohol
level was four times the legal
limit.
We're going to a reported
automobile accident with injuries
in the town of North Stonington on Route
184. Looks like it's
in 137.
Were you in the car here at all?
I was behind her
or in front of her.
I think in front of her.
Okay, okay, okay. And I saw
it happen
so fast. Are you hurt?
No. Are you sure? I know she is.
I was the first person to stop
trying to get around.
I knew she was there.
I couldn't
find her at first.
What's your name? My name's Tanya.
Tanya? How old are you, Tanya?
22. 22?
Do you know where you are right now?
Where are you?
I'm 184. Where do you live?
Okay. And where were you coming
from?
Rotten? Okay.
Where exactly are you feeling the
most pain right now? Does your back hurt
at all?
Okay, your abdomen hurts a lot. Okay,
I understand that. How about your hips
down in here? This hurts a
lot right here? Okay.
How about down here on your leg?
Yeah.
Your knee? What's that?
Yeah. Okay, Tanya.
How about this other leg over here?
That hurt a lot?
Alright, let's get the oxygen on her right now.
We're going to give you a little bit of oxygen. It's going to help
with your breathing.
Alright, there's nothing wrong with
your stomach here that we can see, so it's probably
inside, alright? Can you listen
to me, Tanya? Okay?
We're going to roll you over onto your back.
Alright? Okay.
As slowly and as gently as we can,
that's what we're going to try and do for you.
Now, what I want you to do is hold her...
You hold her two legs together down here.
And I'll try and do her back
and her hips at the same time.
Alright, Tanya, I'm going to say three and then we're going to roll
you over on your back gently, alright?
I know it's going to feel uncomfortable for you.
Alright, give me your hand right here.
Go ahead. Keep it right here.
Alright, on three, ready?
One, two, three.
Gently.
Okay.
Alright, okay.
Alright, Tanya. Okay, we got you, kid.
Tell them internal...
Laceration on the knee.
I want you to breathe
nice and slow and easy.
Alright?
Because if you start breathing too fast,
that's not going to do you any good, alright?
That a girl.
There you go. You just squeeze my hand.
That a girl, Tanya.
Who here is the EMT?
She got thrown.
And this is where she landed.
Landed on her left side.
Primary problem right now,
she's got a rigid abdomen.
The severity of her pain is difficulty breathing,
so we rolled her on a log roll on her back.
She's the only one?
She's the only one, yeah.
Paramedics are here, okay?
The ambulance people are here, they're going to take good care of you.
Alright, you understand that?
Okay.
Alright, you just squeeze my hand here.
That a girl.
Alright, Tanya, they're going to turn you again back towards the way you were, okay?
So you just keep yourself nice and relaxed there,
and they'll do all the moving.
Right over here.
Keep your hands right up here on your chest.
That a girl.
Alright, Tanya.
Okay, Tanya, okay.
That's it, that's it.
That's the end of the roll in there, kiddo.
You're just putting some tape over your head here
so that they can hold that
next to those supports on the side.
That a girl.
It's going to feel real uncomfortable,
but don't worry about it, okay?
Alright? Yeah. Okay.
Alright, squeeze my hands, Tanya, we're going up.
That a girl.
You stay right there.
Keep squeezing them, Tanya.
Alright.
Keep your hands right up there, okay?
I'm not going in the ambulance with you.
The paramedic's going to go with you, okay?
Alright, and you make sure you tell them
where it hurts and how much it hurts.
You're going to be just fine.
You take it easy now.
Keep that breathing nice and easy, kid.
Coming from a dance club.
Obviously wasn't wearing her seatbelt.
Should have had her seatbelt on.
She wouldn't have been thrown out of the car for sure.
Paramedics got her.
They'll take her to the hospital.
They'll do a good job.
I think about my kids a lot in a situation like this.
I just hope that
they listen to the things I tell them
and they wear their belts.
This is what happens.
So foolish.
At the time of the incident,
she didn't survive.
She suffered internal injuries including
a broken pelvis and a ruptured bladder.
She spent 12 days in the hospital
and will be confined to a wheelchair for two months.
Troopers determined that her drowsiness
might start moving and take her to the hospital.
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