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Texting while driving

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CRAZY.

After riding turbos with HM turbos last night up at Lolo Pass, coming home, we were 5 mi down off the top of the pass about 8:00 and came across a girl laying on the white line...flagging us down.

She was laying on her belly and couldn't move anything but her arms. She was a freakin bloody mess. Said her car was off in the THICK timber. Couldnt' see it from the road. She said her sister was still in the car. She thought she was dead.

They missed the curve. Never skidded. Hit the trees at full speed and slid into the timber on the car's passenger side.

Dad got out to attend to her. I went to Lolo Hotsprings and called 911.
Bartender said they had been there and left in a hurry about an hour earlier.

I went back to the scene.

Got her a wool blanket from my truck.
The girl said she was done. She was in serious pain. Bad shape. Dad had to start coaching and talking her along. Dad stayed with her and talked her out of quitting.

I Went in the trees to find the car.

OMFG. It was an exploded mess. Car looked like a pancake.
Debris EVERYWHERE.
Car was laying on it's passenger side.
Was so thick in there you couldn't see 3 feet in front of you. Too many branches, debris and snapped off trees.

Two of the snapped off trees were 18" to 20" in diameter.

Found the girl. Intact. On the ground. Hanging out of the car.
White a ghost. Blue lips. No pulse. COLD skin. No response.
I think she was already dead. The blood on her face had already darkened and dried up. I figured they'd been there and hour or so already.

Another person stopped and we began chest compressions and rescue breathing.
We couldn't get her chest to even rise with rescue breaths. Could hear gurgling in her chest when rescue breathing. There was little hope. We kept working on her, taking turns.

We kept up for about a half our until the EMT's arrived.
They took over. She never gained color.

Turns out I had been doing chest compressions with my knee sitting on Winnie the Poo's head...I was worried there was a child. I looked for children (there was a car seat, sippy cup and other toddler things). So much debris that I couldn't do a good search. I wasn't certain that there wasn't a child. I couldn't get around the car. Too many trees and branches. I couldn't even see the back seats and underneath the car.

It was a mess.

They made the call at the scene. She was dead. I couldn't save her and neither could they.

The survivor was airlifted to Missoula.

I got home about 10:30. It was a long night...I was tired but I surely couldn't sleep. Finally fell asleep about 1 am.

I don't know why they missed that corner, but they never saw it coming and one sister is dead and the other in rough shape.
 
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Oh Scott...thanks for sharing. Probably one of the best things you could do (share with someone). This will probably stick with you for awhile. These kind of things are horrible to see, and don't tend to leave the mind very fast.

Even with 10 years on our ambulance, and being out of it for that long now...the calls like these were always hard. I can "feel" what you went through...the horror, the panic (wondering about a child), and a multitude of other things. A lot of it doesn't hit you until afterward, then your brain races. If you close your eyes, there it is.

You did a honorable thing, hold your head high about that. Witnessing and being a part of this will stir a LOT of emotion. Make sure you don't bottle it up.

And I fully agree on the texting while driving...it's not worth it.
 
Himark said:
Yesterday here we just had 2 girls in a serious accident killing the one. The twist is they were sisters.

The 15 year old was on her way to school for a function while her 17 year old sister was on way home from school. They met at the top of a gravel road both running the center. NOT good. The 15 year old lived her sister did not. She was 2 weeks away from graduation.
http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/v...539e84c3edfcede/NE--Sisters-Collide-Nebraska/
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Scott said:
CRAZY.

After riding turbos with HM turbos last night up at Lolo Pass, coming home, we were 5 mi down off the top of the pass about 8:00 and came across a girl laying on the white line...flagging us down.

She was laying on her belly and couldn't move anything but her arms. She was a freakin bloody mess. Said her car was off in the THICK timber. Couldnt' see it from the road. She said her sister was still in the car. She thought she was dead.

They missed the curve. Never skidded. Hit the trees at full speed and slid into the timber on the car's passenger side.

Dad got out to attend to her. I went to Lolo Hotsprings and called 911.
Bartender said they had been there and left in a hurry about an hour earlier.

I went back to the scene.

Got her a wool blanket from my truck.
The girl said she was done. She was in serious pain. Bad shape. Dad had to start coaching and talking her along. Dad stayed with her and talked her out of quitting.

I Went in the trees to find the car.

OMFG. It was an exploded mess. Car looked like a pancake.
Debris EVERYWHERE.
Car was laying on it's passenger side.
Was so thick in there you couldn't see 3 feet in front of you. Too many branches, debris and snapped off trees.

Two of the snapped off trees were 18" to 20" in diameter.

Found the girl. Intact. On the ground. Hanging out of the car.
White a ghost. Blue lips. No pulse. COLD skin. No response.
I think she was already dead. The blood on her face had already darkened and dried up. I figured they'd been there and hour or so already.

Another person stopped and we began chest compressions and rescue breathing.
We couldn't get her chest to even rise with rescue breaths. Could hear gurgling in her chest when rescue breathing. There was little hope. We kept working on her, taking turns.

We kept up for about a half our until the EMT's arrived.
They took over. She never gained color.

Turns out I had been doing chest compressions with my knee sitting on Winnie the Poo's head...I was worried there was a child. I looked for children (there was a car seat, sippy cup and other toddler things). So much debris that I couldn't do a good search. I wasn't certain that there wasn't a child. I couldn't get around the car. Too many trees and branches. I couldn't even see the back seats and underneath the car.

It was a mess.

They made the call at the scene. She was dead. I couldn't save her and neither could they.

The survivor was airlifted to Missoula.

I got home about 10:30. It was a long night...I was tired but I surely couldn't sleep. Finally fell asleep about 1 am.

I don't know why they missed that corner, but they never saw it coming and one sister is dead and the other in rough shape.
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WOW! You can't make this stuff up.

Monday night we had three girls (17, 15 and 12). The oldest and youngest were sisters. They were driving home and were speeding. Swerved to miss a deer. Driver (17) and passenger (15) were thrown. The 17 year old died on impact, the 15yr old is in Critical care in Denver. The 12yr old, (only one wearing a belt) went with the car. Flipped and rolled at least 10 times before coming to rest. She was uninjured, but is now without her big sister.
 
After the paramedics pulled off of the deceased girl, I went back down into the trees with her agin...I couldn't help but say something like "I don't know you, but I feel bad for you. I tried to help you but couldn't do enough. You aren't hurting anymore. Rest in Peace, sweetheart". It just kinda came out. I guess I did it more for myself than for her.

I just heard a bit ago (might be a rumor) that she possibly had two children. :face-icon-small-fro





PJ-Hunter said:
WOW! You can't make this stuff up.

Monday night we had three girls (17, 15 and 12). The oldest and youngest were sisters. They were driving home and were speeding. Swerved to miss a deer. Driver (17) and passenger (15) were thrown. The 17 year old died on impact, the 15yr old is in Critical care in Denver. The 12yr old, (only one wearing a belt) went with the car. Flipped and rolled at least 10 times before coming to rest. She was uninjured, but is now without her big sister.
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Crazy. Something in the water right now?

We had a 23 year old baseball coach (the local Legion team) who was killed last weekend. BUT, it was a DUI situation. Still awfully sad.
 
Sorry to hear what you went through scott. Can't even imagine the situation
to it's fullest but sounds like you did everything you could to do.

Hope you and all involved find peace and comfort:rose:
 
Dang...all sorts of bad thing happening!

Good for you Scott for doing that. It's tough when the decision is made that a life is gone. :brokenheart: :face-icon-small-sad You work and work, trying your best...then just like that, it's all over. I always had a hard time at that point. Doing as you did, can help in the "brain processing" that follows.

http://www.kpax.com/news/name-details-released-in-hwy-12-fatal-crash/

Name, details released in fatal Highway 12 crash

Posted: May 5, 2011 1:11 PM by Irina Cates (KPAX News)
Updated: May 5, 2011 1:19 PM

LOLO HOT SPRINGS - The Missoula County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the woman who was killed in an accident on U.S. Highway 12 near the Idaho border on Wednesday night.

Whitney Golie, 23, of Hamilton died in the wreck which happened at around 8 p.m. about five miles from the Idaho border.

The Montana Highway Patrol reports that Golie and her twin sister were heading eastbound when the driver missed a curve, crossed into the oncoming lane and then crashed into several trees on the other side of the road. Their car then flipped and came to rest on its side.
Authorities say at this point they are not sure who was behind the wheel, but one of the women crawled out of the wreckage and flagged down a passing car for help.

The other woman died before emergency crews arrived. Careflight flew the injured girl to St. Patrick Hospital. MHP says that as of Thursday morning, she was still in the hospital. Her condition is unknown at this time.

Troopers say speed appears to be a factor in the crash, but it's unknown if alcohol played a role. The accident is still under investigation.
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I am NOT one for govt controls by law passing BUT....in the case of my safety and others on the road this is IMO no different than passing a law that cars must have seat belts or air bags. Sometimes it takes a law and this is a time it is needed. Im not talking about a cell phone law to prevent texting.

We have the technology to prevent cell phones from working at all while in motion. We also have signal blocking paint that could be used. Use these things in conjunction with a mandantory hands free device built into the car or a retrofit conversion I would stand behind that. Would it be a inconvienience...yes but this is one time I beleive govt interention is needed to get this accomplished or it never will get done. Flame away.
 
Too much business done on cell phones for them to ever be banned completely while driving. Several studies have shown than even using a hands free device, drivers are still too distracted to be driving properly.

I'm not in favor of blocking paint, that would make everyone's phone worthless in the car. I have no problems with passengers using the phone.

I'll admit I text while driving, it is a habit I have been working to break. (flame suite on).
I spend a lot of time on the road, so I catch up on calls, etc while driving. I will say that I don't use my phone in traffic. Most of my drive is wide open straight road.



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BOTH of them are distracting....but I think texting while driving is definately worse than talking while driving. MUCH more distracting. At least with talking you can keep your eyes on the road a little better.

I've looked up from my phone and thought, wow, I made the swerve in the road. I felt like I just woke up from a blackout. It's not good.
Heck, I've even been guilty of looking at webpages while I'm driving.

Between the full day long DUI class our 8th graders took, the DUI death of our baseball coach, this texting video and fatality I encountered on Weds....this week has hopefully been a personal awakening for me.
 
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I feel for you Scott. That had to mess you up some. EMTs teach that over 90% of all CPR attempts are futile, but that still doesn't prepare you for the mental anguish of not being able to help somebody in their worst time.
 
Scott said:
After the paramedics pulled off of the deceased girl, I went back down into the trees with her agin...I couldn't help but say something like "I don't know you, but I feel bad for you. I tried to help you but couldn't do enough. You aren't hurting anymore. Rest in Peace, sweetheart". It just kinda came out. I guess I did it more for myself than for her.
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Thats a heck of a situation to be in, and no one could ask any more of you than what you did. Your a class act in my book Scott. Bravo for doing the right thing and the kind words for a stranger. We can all benifit from your example.
 
I don't know what to say, I'm speechless Scott.

The memories of that night will no doubt be with you the rest of your life, but just remember you gave everything you had of yourself and more... I'm sure your prayer didn't go unheard.

:rose:
 
My Dad went to the hospital today and talked to Andrea, Whitney's sister.
Andrea is the one that flagged us down and he sat with until the paramedics arrived.

I think it was good for him, he probably needed that.
 
That video was tough to watch with out tearing up. I am SHOCKED at the number of people in my home town who text and drive. I see everything from young kids to soccer moms with a van/car full of young kids. Even people my age (40's) doing it. A few weeks ago my family and I were driving down the highway and a young girl was riding my azz so close I could barely see the roof of her car. Any tap of my brakes and she would have been slamming into my back end. I was in the passing lane, passing another car, finished my pass and moved over, she must have been doing 80 until she caught the next car and had to slam on the brakes. She had her phone held in both hands while resting them on top of her steering wheel, and was texting non stop. I some times want to blow my horn to try and scare the chit out of them. But I am afraid i may cause an accident. I am guilty of "ridin qwerty" too, I don't do it often, but i still do. I hope reading about Scott's experience (i don't know Scott or anyone else here, just like the site) I will remember how stupid it is to txt and drive.

Ben
 
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