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41magsnub

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Just witnessed an accident
« on: February 23, 2017, 08:03:28 PM »
I'm in the turning lane at a green light behind 2 other cars waiting to turn left.  Driver of a Scion XB (think boxy little car) coming the other direction swerves and hits the first car in line to turn head on (90's Pontiac Grand Prix).  Pushes that car back into the SUV right in front of me.  I was not hit.  Fairly low speed crash.  

Scion driver is shaking and non-responsive.  His doors are locked.  He vomited a little bit.  Driver of the SUV is a nurse and is sure he is having a grand mal seizure.  His air bag did not go off.

The Pontiac's airbag deployed.  Driver and passenger are shaken up but basically okay.  They are trapped as they could not open any doors farther than an inch.  The doors weren't that stuck and I was able to get them open to get them out of the car.  They were freaking that the car was on fire (it wasn't, just after affects of the air bag).

SUV driver behind the car was totally fine, she was barely hit.  She was monitoring the Scion driver as best she could through the window (she is a nurse).

Cops were there within 3 minutes.  Everybody was breathing and not on fire so beyond getting the car doors open, I decide to not try to do anything for Scion guy or break a window.  There is a fire station not even a mile away.

Cops show up and try to break open a window in the Scion.  First cop shatters some plastic flashlight he had on the window.  Second cop tries to use the corner of a glock magazine to do the same and shatters it the magazine (plastic... duh).  They are doing this while you can see the fire truck coming around the corner not 100' away.  A fire fighter has the proper rescue tool and gets the window broken out in no time.

I gave a report to one of the cops and since I was kind of blocking traffic got out of there.

« Last Edit: February 24, 2017, 10:13:10 AM by 41magsnub »

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Re: Just witnessed an accident
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2017, 08:28:35 PM »
Cops show up and try to break open a window in the Scion.  First cop shatters some plastic flashlight he had on the window.  Second cop tries to use the corner of a glock magazine to do the same and shatters it the magazine (plastic... duh).  They are doing this while you can see the fire truck coming around the corner not 100' away.  A fire fighter has the proper rescue tool and gets the window broken out in no time.

But ... but ... Jack Reacher can smash side windows with his bare hand. Musta been some wimpy cops.

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Re: Just witnessed an accident
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2017, 08:35:19 PM »
Hey man, good on you for stopping to help! :)
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Re: Just witnessed an accident
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2017, 09:20:24 PM »
I have a glass breaker on my car trauma kit and a bunch of cops don't? Sad.

Last unresponsive and conscious one I encountered was rocking back and forth and drooling. Between that and the hypodermic needles everywhere I left him right there. Told the cop could be a medical emergency, drugs, or both. Then I left.
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Re: Just witnessed an accident
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2017, 09:31:35 PM »
In both cars, I have a bright orange whistle and a bright orange Resqme escape tool on a loop of paracord hanging from the rear view mirror.  Exactly for this sort of situation, and I likely also have a pocket knife with a glass breaker on it as well.
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Re: Just witnessed an accident
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2017, 08:55:35 AM »
Worse case scenario kick it in with your feet.

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Re: Just witnessed an accident
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2017, 09:00:01 AM »
Worse case scenario kick it in with your feet.



10mm usually works OK on window glass. ;)


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Re: Just witnessed an accident
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2017, 10:11:04 AM »
10mm usually works OK on window glass. ;)


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Re: Just witnessed an accident
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2017, 10:13:33 AM »
What about 9mm?   =D

Cops tried that..  didn't work!   :rofl:

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Re: Just witnessed an accident
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2017, 04:23:44 PM »
SUV driver behind the car was totally fine, she was barely hit.  

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