Civilians get the credit for this one

[Snowbear]

We were called out to this incident yesterday.

The civilians who witnessed the wreck waded into the waist deep water, held the woman's head above the water, hooked a tow strap on the jeep and turned it over (it was upside down). When they did, they saw the car seat. The trooper grabbed the otherwise uninjured infant and stared CPR.

The kid was breathing again by the time we got there and all that was left for us to do was suit up and get the drunk who caused the whole thing extricated from his suburban. And of course, hand out blankets to the shivering civilians who had been in waist deep 40F water :11:

I've got some pictures of the vehicles at work. I'll add them to this thread tomorrow.

The FD will hopefully giving those civilians and the trooper some life saver awards for their quick thinking and actions

 

[Gary D.]

As Mr. Rogers would have said; "It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood."

If it wasn't for the civilian involvement we get our job wouldn't be as easy or hard. Sometimes they save the day and some days they screw it up royally. This time they saved the day.

Congrats to everyone!!!!

Gary D.

 

[Snowbear]

If it wasn't for the civilian involvement we get our job wouldn't be as easy or hard. Sometimes they save the day and some days they screw it up royally.

Ain't THAT the truth :11:

 

[Ben_ca]

The baby was strapped in a car seat in the back and was trapped under water for about five minutes, Glen said.

Any updates on the baby? 5 mins seems like a long time... but then again the 40 degree water probaby helped huh?

 

[Snowbear]

Last I heard, the baby will be just fine

 

[ReefGuy]

Outstanding! Congrats to all involved.

 

[Snowbear]

Here is a followup story.
I have the pics I promised... they'll be in the next post as soon as I get them uploaded...

 

[Snowbear]

I did not recognize this vehicle as a Jeep Cherokee when we first rolled up to the scene :11:

This is the Chevy Suburban the drunk guy was driving... he was so drunk he kept falling asleep while we were extricating him

 

[justleesa]

wow! looking at her damage and then at his...hard to believe they were in the same accident.

Bravo to those that helped.

 

[Snowbear]

Yep - cars that roll and tumble tend to end up with a lot more damage than the ones that hit them