The wife and I were driving home from the grocery store, we were in downtown Louisville on a main road. We were travelling at about 35-40 mph on a 35mph road and a newer model Jeep Compass was maybe 50 feet ahead travelling a little faster.
We were slowing down for a red light at an intersection when I saw a guy on a yellow Vespa-type scooter approaching the intersection from the left on the perpendicular street.
My focus was on him since we were already slowing down for the light, so I wasn't focusing on the Jeep ahead of me too much.
Apparently the Jeep driver wasn't paying attention to the red light because the next thing I knew the yellow scooter I was watching got smashed hard. The driver hit the windshield (looked like his helmet hit the passenger side) and then he flew over the car like a rag doll and landed face down in the street.
I put on the hazards and parked the car in the intersection. I called 911 while we went running up and handed the phone to my wife.
The guy was unconscious for about 3 or 4 minutes, he was breathing the whole time but his pulse wasn't very strong. He was wearing full leathers and an open faced helmet - he was missing a few teeth and had nearly bitten his tongue off. He also had a compound fracture of his right leg and his right boot was across the street. He was bleeding a moderate amount but didn't seem too severe, at least no arterial bleed from his leg that I could see.
The wife and I kept him immoblized until EMS showed up, he appeared stable and fortunately didn't need CPR. A level 1 trauma hospital was only a few blocks away and EMS showed up within just over 5 minutes or so. I think the guy will be ok but he sure was in a lot of pain.
The driver of the Jeep was flipping out, 3 other people were in the car and I'm guessing she might have been a bit distracted and just ran the light.
Shitty day for a few people. My wife is a nurse and I'm a third year med student - I think we did ok but we don't have a CPR barrier in her car nor do we have gloves so we may have been in a bit of trouble if he had needed CPR. I think I'll be buying a couple items today from Amazon.
We were slowing down for a red light at an intersection when I saw a guy on a yellow Vespa-type scooter approaching the intersection from the left on the perpendicular street.
My focus was on him since we were already slowing down for the light, so I wasn't focusing on the Jeep ahead of me too much.
Apparently the Jeep driver wasn't paying attention to the red light because the next thing I knew the yellow scooter I was watching got smashed hard. The driver hit the windshield (looked like his helmet hit the passenger side) and then he flew over the car like a rag doll and landed face down in the street.
I put on the hazards and parked the car in the intersection. I called 911 while we went running up and handed the phone to my wife.
The guy was unconscious for about 3 or 4 minutes, he was breathing the whole time but his pulse wasn't very strong. He was wearing full leathers and an open faced helmet - he was missing a few teeth and had nearly bitten his tongue off. He also had a compound fracture of his right leg and his right boot was across the street. He was bleeding a moderate amount but didn't seem too severe, at least no arterial bleed from his leg that I could see.
The wife and I kept him immoblized until EMS showed up, he appeared stable and fortunately didn't need CPR. A level 1 trauma hospital was only a few blocks away and EMS showed up within just over 5 minutes or so. I think the guy will be ok but he sure was in a lot of pain.
The driver of the Jeep was flipping out, 3 other people were in the car and I'm guessing she might have been a bit distracted and just ran the light.
Shitty day for a few people. My wife is a nurse and I'm a third year med student - I think we did ok but we don't have a CPR barrier in her car nor do we have gloves so we may have been in a bit of trouble if he had needed CPR. I think I'll be buying a couple items today from Amazon.
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